function a = isglobalinbase(var)

% Returns true iff ```var``` is a global variable in the main workspace.
%
% INPUTS
% - var [any]
%
% OUTPUTS
% - a   [bool]

% Copyright (C) 2013-2017 Dynare Team
%
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%
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tmp = whos('global');
if isempty(strmatch(var,{tmp.name}))
    a = 0;
else
    a = 1;
end