Re: Testing for function handles

[Richard]

On 09/11/2011 08:18, Dr. Alexander Klein wrote:
> Good morning,
>
> is there any preferred way to check whether a given parameter or variable 
> contains a function handle?
>
> I find myself strcmp'ing the result of typeinfo quite often, but this is really 
> clumsy. Then again, ishandle only checks for graphics handles ...
>
> Best regards,
>
>         Alex

if it is octave code you can use the 'isa' function e.g.

isa(@sin, 'function_handle')

but maybe I'm misunderstanding and you mean in the C++ sources or something.

Richard

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