`pathsep`

Returns the character that separates folders in a path string.

Category: Programming > Files and Folders

Syntax

s = pathsep

Returns ';' on Windows and ':' elsewhere.

Description

The separator appears in the result of path and genpath and in the arguments of addpath. Use pathsep when building or splitting such strings, for example strsplit(path, pathsep), instead of typing the character.

Output arguments

s: A one-character vector.

Example

Joining folders for a path

s = pathsep
joined = ['lib1' pathsep 'lib2']

Output

s = ';'
joined = 'lib1;lib2'

See also

filesep path genpath addpath