How to modify field any levels deep in a structure with a string
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Sergio Huerta
el 12 de Oct. de 2020
Comentada: Stephen23
el 12 de Oct. de 2020
Ive been trying to dynamically modify the value of a field in a struct that can be any number of levels deep and was hoping to build a string that led to it, for example str = "x.y.z" and then use app.(str) to change its value. But it seems that matlab only lets you use strings to go into a maximum of 1 field deep, so app.(str) would work for str = "x" , but not for str = 'x.y.z'. Adding more periods to go deeper gives errors.
Because i cant know how deep any field will be, i cant break the string into its fields and use something like app.(str1).(str2).str(3), hence the need to have been able to build the string and call it at once with app.(longStr)
Any suggestions?
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Stephen23
el 12 de Oct. de 2020
Editada: Stephen23
el 12 de Oct. de 2020
"i cant break the string into its fields and use something like app.(str1).(str2).str(3)..."
You cannot use dynamic fieldnames like that, but you can easily use getfield to do exactly what you want:
>> S.A.B.C = 123;
>> str = 'A.B.C';
>> spl = regexp(str,'\.','split');
>> val = getfield(S,spl{:})
val = 123
And of course setfield does the same for assigning a value. If you have control over the data design, it might be better to store the fieldnames separately anyway (i.e. like spl above).
See also:
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Stephen23
el 12 de Oct. de 2020
Editada: Stephen23
el 12 de Oct. de 2020
"Reading the value is a breeze, the problem is modifying it"
As I wrote in my answer: "And of course setfield does the same for assigning a value". Using the example data from my answer:
>> S = setfield(S,spl{:},'cat');
>> S.A.B.C % checking
ans = cat
It works for me. Give it a try!
Stephen23
el 12 de Oct. de 2020
"...would never have known about spl{:}"
That is why I gave the links: read them to know how useful comma-separated lists are!
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