struct

Creates a struct.

Syntax

• st = struct()
• st = struct([])
• st = struct(object)
• st = struct(field, value)
• st = struct(field, value, field2, value2, ..., fieldn, valuen)

Input argument

• field, field2, ... , fieldn - strings : field names, valid names are same than variable identifiers.
• value, value2, ..., valuen - all data types supported by Nelson.
• object - an object created with 'class' builtin.

Output argument

• st - a struct

Description

struct returns a structure.

Examples

struct()

struct([])

date_st = struct('day', 15, 'month' ,'August','year', 1974)

Other way to create a struct:

date_st.day = 15
date_st.month = 'August'
date_st.year = 1974)

See also

cell, istruct.

History

Author

Allan CORNET