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>> help class
CLASS Return class name of object.
S = CLASS(OBJ) returns the name of the class of object OBJ.
Possibilities are:
double -- Double precision floating point number array
(this is the traditional MATLAB matrix or array)
single -- Single precision floating point number array
logical -- Logical array
char -- Character array
cell -- Cell array
struct -- Structure array
function_handle -- Function Handle
int8 -- 8-bit signed integer array
uint8 -- 8-bit unsigned integer array
int16 -- 16-bit signed integer array
uint16 -- 16-bit unsigned integer array
int32 -- 32-bit signed integer array
uint32 -- 32-bit unsigned integer array
int64 -- 64-bit signed integer array
uint64 -- 64-bit unsigned integer array
<class_name> -- MATLAB class name for MATLAB objects
<java_class> -- Java class name for java objects
%Example 1: Obtain the name of the class of value PI
name = class(PI);
%Example 2: Obtain the full name of a package-based java class
import java.lang.*;
obj = String('mystring');
class(obj)
For classes created without a CLASSDEF statement (pre-MATLAB version
7.6 syntax), CLASS invoked within a constructor method creates an
object of type 'class_name'. Constructor methods are functions saved
in a file named <class_name>.m and placed in a directory named
@<class_name>. Note that 'class_name' must be the second argument to
CLASS. Uses of CLASS for this purpose are shown below.
O = CLASS(S,'class_name') creates an object of class 'class_name'
from the structure S.
O = CLASS(S,'class_name',PARENT1,PARENT2,...) also inherits the
methods and fields of the parent objects PARENT1, PARENT2, ...
O = CLASS(struct([]),'class_name',PARENT1,PARENT2,...), specifying
an empty structure S, creates an object that inherits the methods and