outputnames

Get a list of the output argument names of the currently executing function.

Somewhat analogous to inputname, the outputnames() command in this submission returns a cell array containing the output variable names for the current function call. There are important caveats, however, see below.

EXAMPLE:

>> [A, ~, C]=func()

A =

'a'

C =

'c'

function varargout=func()

varargout=lower(outputnames);

end

CAVEATS:

1. The line of code or the command line where the function call is

made must contain no other commands. The above example would fail,

had we done,

[A,B]=func(); [C,D]=func()

2. Function calls where the outputs contain indexing expressions

will have unjpredicatable behavior, e.g.,

[A{1,2}]=func()