retrieving string from edit box

Hi, I am using a uicontrol edit box and would like to retreive the inoutted string. The code I have used is

function Save(hObject,eventdata,handles)
Name = get(name,'String');
save('name', 'Name');

which saves it to a .mat file. This only give me a number and when trying to convert it to a character using char() I get an empty space. Does anyone have any ideas what I could do? Thanks!

[Niklas Nylén]

First of all you should avoid using the same name for a built-in function, "save" in this case, as a function name. It is also very confusing that your mat file, variable and edit box are all called "name" or "Name". The issue could be that what is saved to the mat file is the handle (a number) of your edit box rather than the string due to them sharing name.

If you remove the semicolon after the get statement, what is printed in the command window?

[Walter Roberson]

What is "name" defined as for the above code?