Setting the properties of an Object Array

The documentation and experimentation make it clear that I can do this to get the property values of an array of objects:

Array_of_property_values=[Object_Array(:).Property];

The question is how can I do the reverse without major use of subsasgn. For example I want to be able to do something like the following

[Object_Array(:).Property]=Array_of_property_values_to_assign;

I just can't seem to make that work. I have tried many different permutations but nothing seems to work. Does any on have any thoughts on how to make that work.

I have tried the following with no success:

[Object_Array(1:2).Property]=[10,20]; 
% suggestion from Stackoverflow
[Object_Array(:).Property]=deal(Array_of_property_values_to_assign);

Answer 1

[Matt J]

args=num2cell(Array_of_property_values_to_assign);
[Object_Array(:).Property]=deal(args{:});

[Nicholas Dinsmore]

Matt, That is great thank you. Is there a way to do that in a single line of code?

[Matt J]

If Array_of_property_values_to_assign is already a cell array, then you can just do

[Object_Array(:).Property]=deal(Array_of_property_values_to_assign{:});

Otherwise, no, there is no way to do it in 1 line, except for fancy subsasgn methods.

[per isakson]

- or write an appropriate version of deal.

Answer 2

[Grzegorz Lippe]

Hello,

this isn't working for me and I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong:

>> a = num2cell(1:3)

a = 

      [1]    [2]    [3]

>>[p(:).h_fP_star] = deal(a{:});
>>[p.h_fP_star]

ans =

       3     3     3

Could anybody help?

[Matt J]

Type

 >>methods(p)

and show us the result.