The "workspace" consists of all MacAnova variables and macros. Saving the workspace to a file save(fileName) saves whole workspace in binary format save(fileName,var1 [,var2 ...]) saves variables in binary format asciisave(fileName) saves whole workspace in text format asciisave(fileName,var1 [,var2 ...]) saves variables in text format Restoring the workspace from a file restore(fileName [keywords]) Seeing contents of workspace listbrief([var1, var2, ...] [keywords]) just lists names list([var1, var2, ...] [keywords]) includes details |
Definition of workspace
The "workspace" consists of all MacAnova variables and macros. These
include not only variables and macros explicitly created by you as you
use MacAnova, but all pre-defined macros such as hist(), pre-defined
variables such as PI and variables such as RESIDUALS created as
"side-effects" of MacAnova functions.
The workspace "resides" in memory (RAM) and not on disk. One
consequence is that when you quit MacAnova, your variables are lost.
Before you quit you can save a copy of the workspace on disk using
save() or asciisave(). In a later MacAnova session, you can use
restore() to recover the workspace you saved. See save(), asciisave()
and restore().
Cataloging your workspace
To get a catalog of everything in your workspace, type 'list()' or
'listbrief()'. Using keyword phrases such as 'real:T' or 'nrows:100'
you can restrict the catalog to variables of particular types or sizes.
See list() and listbrief() for details.
Deleting items
Use delete() to remove items from your workspace. Be careful not to
delete something you want to keep since there is no "undelete"
function.