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fieldnames - Field names of structure, or public fields of object

Syntax

names = fieldnames(s)
names = fieldnames(obj)
names = fieldnames(obj,'-full')

Description

names = fieldnames(s) returns a cell array of strings containing the names of the fields in structure s.

names = fieldnames(obj) returns a cell array of strings containing the names of the public properties of obj. MATLAB objects can overload fieldnames and define their own behavior.

names = fieldnames(obj,'-full') returns a cell array of strings containing the name, type, attributes, and inheritance of the properties of obj. Only supported for COM or Java objects.

Examples

Structure Fields

Create a structure array and view its fields.

s(1,1).name = 'alice';
s(1,1).ID = 0;
s(2,1).name = 'gertrude';
s(2,1).ID = 1;

names = fieldnames(s)
names = 
    'name'
    'ID'

Java Object Properties

Create a Java object and view its public properties.

obj = java.lang.Integer(0);
names = fieldnames(obj)
names = 
    'MIN_VALUE'
    'MAX_VALUE'
    'TYPE'
    'SIZE'

See Also

getfield | isfield | orderfields | rmfield | setfield

How To

  

 

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