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SYMVAR Find Symbolic Variables in an Expression

Section: Function Related Functions

# Usage

Finds the symbolic variables in an expression. The syntax for its use is

      syms = symvar(expr)

where `expr` is a string containing an expression, such as `'x^2 + cos(t+alpha)'`. The result is a cell array of strings containing the non-function identifiers in the expression. Because they are usually not used as identifiers in expressions, the strings `'pi','inf','nan','eps','i','j'` are ignored.

# Example

Here are some simple examples:

    --> symvar('x^2+sqrt(x)')  % sqrt is eliminated as a function

    ans =
     [x]

    --> symvar('pi+3')         % No identifiers here

    ans =
      Empty array 0x1
    --> symvar('x + t*alpha')  % x, t and alpha

    ans =
     [alpha]
     [t]
     [x]