MATLAB Function Reference

is*

Detect state

Description

These functions detect the state of MATLAB entities:

isa	Detect object of given MATLAB class or Java class
isappdata	Determine if object has specific application-defined data
iscell	Determine if input is cell array
iscellstr	Determine if input is cell array of strings
ischar	Determine if input is character array
iscom	Determine if input is Component Object Model (COM) object
isdir	Determine if input is directory
isempty	Determine if input is empty array
isequal	Determine if arrays are numerically equal
isequalwithequalnans	Determine if arrays are numerically equal, treating NaNs as equal
isevent	Determine if input is object event
isfield	Determine if input is MATLAB structure array field
isfinite	Detect finite elements of array
isfloat	Determine if input is floating-point array
isglobal	Determine if input is global variable
ishandle	Detect valid graphics object handles
ishold	Determine if graphics hold state is on
isinf	Detect infinite elements of array
isinteger	Determine if input is integer array
isinterface	Determine if input is Component Object Model (COM) interface
isjava	Determine if input is Java object
iskeyword	Determine if input is MATLAB keyword
islogical	Determine if input is logical array
ismember	Detect members of specific set
ismethod	Determine if input is object method
isnan	Detect elements of array that are not a number (NaN)
isnumeric	Determine if input is numeric array
isobject	Determine if input is MATLAB OOPs object
ispc	Determine if PC (Windows) version of MATLAB
isprime	Detect prime elements of array
isprop	Determine if input is object property
isreal	Determine if all array elements are real numbers
isscalar	Determine if input is scalar
issorted	Determine if set elements are in sorted order
isspace	Detect space characters in array
issparse	Determine if input is sparse array
isstrprop	Determine if string is of specified category
isstruct	Determine if input is MATLAB structure array
isstudent	Determine if student edition of MATLAB
isunix	Determine if UNIX version of MATLAB
isvalid	Determine if input object is valid
isvarname	Determine if input is valid variable name
isvector	Determine if input is vector

See Also

isa

ipermute

isa

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