A pointer (or reference) in Matlab

Get the behavior of a pointer.

Description

Create a pointer:
    o = ptr();
Do anything you want with it:
    o.d.msg = 'hi';
    o.d.A = randn(10);
    p = o;
    p.d.msg = 'hello';
    disp(o.d.msg); % 'hello'
Think of '.d.' as the C language's '->' operator. Write a function that acts on it:
    function DoSomething(o)
        o.d.A(end,end) = 10;
    end
Make sure to delete it:
    delete(o);
Since o and p point to the same object, p is now invalid just like o.

• Required Products: MATLAB
• MATLAB release: MATLAB 8.0 (R2012b)