getfield

Returns value of a field in a struct.

Syntax

• value = getfield(st, field)

Input argument

• st - a structure.
• field - a string.

Output argument

• value - the value of a field from a structure.

Description

value = getfield(st, field) returns the value of the field named field from a structure.

Example

example.a = 1
example.b = 'nelson'
example.c = []
getfield(example, 'b')

See also

struct, fieldnames.

History

Author

Allan CORNET