Defining a save name

file_name = input('what is the file name? \n')

SAVEAS(figure(1),file_name,'fig')

hi i am a complete novice at matlab, i have the code above which i want to use to save my figure, i want however the user to define the file name?.. is this even possible any help would be great, thanks in advance

Kyle

Answer 1

[Sean de Wolski]

file_name = input('what is the file name? \n','s')

Note the 's' at the end of input. It will return a string now not a number which can be used as a valid file name. Welcome to MATLAB Answers!

[kyle lyth]

thank's' you so much.. 15 minutes on here beats the 3 hours of google answer any day :)