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fieldnames

Return field names of a structure, or property names of an 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 either 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 either a MATLAB, COM, or Java object.

Examples

Given the structure

the command n = fieldnames(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.

See Also

isfield, orderfields, rmfield, dynamic field names


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