GUIDE in MATLAB

Question

I am trying to build a program in MATLAB and I am using edit boxes but I want the value that the user will enter to be used later on from another function. So should I use the

Answer 1

If you want to store data within a Matlab-GUI, you can use the handles-structure like this:

handles.myVar=123;
%after this dont forget to save it (yes, this is a bit annoying):
guidata(hObject, handles);

later on, within another callback for example, you can find this data within the handles-struct:

handles.myVar