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From: Fangjun Jiang on 12 Aug 2010 14:58 "d c" <myspamcatcher07(a)gmail.com> wrote in message <i41cft$1k5$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>... > Is there a quick way to dumping a collection of variables to a structure, using the variable names as the structure fields? The "load" function basically does this somehow? Sorry if this has been answered, I'm just finding a solution quickly. > > i.e. > > clear > a = 'adsf' > b = rand(10); > > x = var2struct(a,b) > > x.a > x.b > > Also, what about the reverse? Dumping a.* variables to the current scope? > clear > x.a='asdf' > x.b=rand(10); > dumpstruct(x) > a > b help cell2struct help struct2cell help fieldnames x=cell2struct({a;b},{'a';'b'},1) x = a: 'adsf' b: [10x10 double]
From: Matt J on 12 Aug 2010 15:45 "Matt Fig" <spamanon(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message <i41fi3$j4e$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>... > You could use load, but you mention this and seem unhappy with this option. If you want to write your own functions, you could do: > > > function [] = struct2var(M) > F = fieldnames(M) > for ii = 1:length(F) > assignin('caller',F{ii},M.(F{ii})); > end > ================ You could, but it is inadvisable, for reasons discussed here http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/244639#628695 It is why I wrote this tool as a compromise http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/26216-structure-fields-to-variables
From: Matt Fig on 12 Aug 2010 16:26
"Matt J " <mattjacREMOVE(a)THISieee.spam> wrote in message > You could, but it is inadvisable, for reasons discussed here > > http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/244639#628695 > > It is why I wrote this tool as a compromise > > http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/26216-structure-fields-to-variables Ah yes, I should have included the usual warnings about the potential problems of poofing. Thanks Matt J. |