I'm using a simulationenvironment in matlab that's consisting of multiple scripts, functions and simulink models. Now I want to find out which of These created a specific variable in my Base-Workspace. Is there a way of finding this out?
One cannot trace back how a variable was created, but you may find the possible candidates that might create the variable.
If you know the name of the variable (let's say is 'my_var'), the use the 'Find files...' from the Edit menu (the usual key biding is [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[F]) to look into all files that containing the text my_var. Do not forget to configure the containing folder to include other paths than the current one, if you're calling some package/toolbox-level scripts.