Explode a structure

Explode a multi-level structure to find the lowest level field.
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Updated 26 Feb 2012

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mystruc = expstruc(bigstructure);

Recursively expands the structure 'bigstructure' until data is found.

Returns a structure 'mystruc', containing two fields
1. 'name'; cell array of strings of the full name of the field
2. 'type' ; cell array of strings of the type of the field (double, logical, whatever)

Intended to be used with 'eval' for structure concatenation (code to follow).

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Andy Clifton (2024). Explode a structure (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/28946-explode-a-structure), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Version Published Release Notes
1.3.0.0

Removed the need for a global variable, using the method suggested by Robert Cumming.

1.0.0.0