class (MATLAB Function Reference)

Create object or return class of object

Syntax

str = class(object)
obj = class(s,'class_name')
obj = class(s,'class_name',parent1,parent2...)

Description

str = class(object)

returns a string specifying the class of object.

The possible object classes are:


`cell`	Multidimensional cell array
`double`	Multidimensional double precision array
`sparse`	Two-dimensional real (or complex) sparse array
`char`	Array of alphanumeric characters
`struct`	Structure
`'class_name'`	User-defined object class

obj = class(s,'class_name')

creates an object of class 'class_name' using structure s as a template. This syntax is only valid in a function named class_name.m in a directory named @class_name (where 'class_name' is the same as the string passed into class).

NOTE
On VMS, the method directory is named #class_name.

obj = class(s,'class_name',parent1,parent2,...)

creates an object of class 'class_name' using structure s as a template, and also ensures that the newly created object inherits the methods and fields of the parent objects parent1, parent2, and so on.