dynamic list of variable names

[John W. Eaton]

On 16-Sep-2005, Colin Ingram wrote:

| How does one create a dynamic list of variables names at runtime.
| So I'd like to do something like
| 
| nr = some_function(x,y)
| for i = 1:nr
| ["some_variable_name" , "i"] = someother_function (i)
| end
| 
| Which you obviously can't do since you can't have string
| concatenation on the left side of the assignment operator.
| 
| It seams like I might be able to work something up using a variable
| list of return values from a function but I can't see how to do
| this.  Is it even possible or am I stuck using a structure or cell
| to hold my data?

You can do it with eval, but it is generaly considered bad form to
introduce new variables this way.  You are better off using a cell
array or structure.

jwe



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