Writing variable as filename using csvwrite

Hello Community,

I have a simple problem: I am trying to use the currently selected item from a listbox as the filename in csvwrite:

indexselected = get(handles.listbox1,'Value');
list = get(handles.listbox1,'String');
itemselected = list{indexselected};
filename = intemselected;
csvwrite('filename', A);

this prints literally "filename" as the name of the file instead of the the actual contents of the variable.

Here is the matlab HELP description for csvwrite: csvwrite(filename,M) writes matrix M into filename as comma-separated values. The filename input is a string enclosed in single quotes.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

[B_Richardson]

token = strtok(itemselected, '.')
csvwrite([token],A)

That works perfectly!

[Oleg Komarov]

Not cool at all.

Answer 2

[Nathan Greco]

Try writing:

    csvwrite(filename,A); %without quotes

[B_Richardson]

Yes, I tried that but it simply doesnt work without the quotes. I guess because the function specifies that the filename be enclosed in quotes:

"The filename input is a string enclosed in single quotes."

[B_Richardson]

And just to make sure I checked the value within itemselected

itemselected =

RHA_RL_INC_0003_v2.59806163.avi

[Oleg Komarov]

filename = 'RHA_RL_INC_0003_v2.59806163.avi';

csvwrite(filename,10)

will create an *.avi-names file. Check it out and replace .avi with csv.

[Walter Roberson]

Please cross-check

class(itemselected)