>> clear = 3

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.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

builtin('clear','clear')

[Kevin]

Very nice and clean solution.

Answer 2

[Steven Lord]

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