uneval

Uneval performs the inverse operation of eval('expression').

Description

This function converts a MATLAB variable into a text string, which when evaluated, produces the original variable having identical:
data types (single, double, int8, ...)
structures
cell arrays
multi-dimensional arrays
nested struct's of cell arrays of structs of ...

For floating point values, enough significant digits are printed to preserve machine precision.

Contrived example usage:
settings = load('some_data.mat');
string = uneval('settings2', settings)
eval(string);
disp(isequalwithequalnans(settings, settings2));

This function probably does not work with handles to nested functions, figure handles, or java & OOP objects...

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.4 (R2007a)

[Jan Simon]

Just a comment: A shorter and faster version of your CELLSTR2STRING:
the_string = sprintf('%s\n', the_cellstr{:});

This is an interesting function. For what purpose do you use it?

[David Holl]

Sorry for the omission. I just submitted an update with the missing cell_ind2sub function.

[Patrick Houweling]

This function requires cell_ind2sub. Where can I get it?