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>> clear = 3

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Kevin on 12 Apr 2016

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Commented: Kevin on 12 Apr 2016

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Assume that I accidentally type the following command in MATLAB,

>> clear = 3

This will create a variable called "clear" in the base workspace. Now how do I clear this variable?

Assuming that I don't want to close MATLAB and start MATLAB again.

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Walter Roberson on 12 Apr 2016

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builtin('clear','clear')

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Kevin on 12 Apr 2016

Very nice and clean solution.

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Steven Lord on 12 Apr 2016

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There are a number of techniques suggested in this posting on Loren's blog.

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