MATLAB Function Reference |
Return field names of structure, or public fields of object
Syntax
Description
names = fieldnames(s)
returns a cell array of strings containing the structure field names associated with the structure s
.
names = fieldnames(obj)
returns a cell array of strings containing the names of the public data fields associated with obj
, which is a MATLAB, COM, or Java object.
names = fieldnames(obj, '-full')
returns a cell array of strings containing the name, type, attributes, and inheritance of each field associated with obj
, which is a MATLAB, COM, or Java object.
Examples
the command n = field
names(mystr)
yields
In another example, if f
is an object of Java class java.awt.Frame
, the command fieldnames(f)
lists the properties of f
.
f = java.awt.Frame; fieldnames(f) ans = 'WIDTH' 'HEIGHT' 'PROPERTIES' 'SOMEBITS' 'FRAMEBITS' 'ALLBITS' . .
See Also
setfield
, getfield
, isfield
, orderfields
, rmfield
, dynamic field names
fgets | figflag |
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