From string to a variable

Hi everybody, i've a string array array={'dog', 'bike', 'donut'} for example from here i need, for each word, a numeric variable with the same name

dog = 5;

bike = 7;

donut = 54;

(doesn't matter the numbers the most importan thing is to create the variable from the string in array )

Answer 1

[Jarrod Rivituso]

I would use eval

names = {'dog','bike','donut'}
for i = 1:length(names)
  eval([names{i} ' = rand;'])
end

[federico valenti]

thanks a lot

Answer 2

[Paulo Silva]

assignin('base',char(array(1)),5)
assignin('base',char(array(2)),7)
assignin('base',char(array(3)),54)

[federico valenti]

thanks a lot

Answer 3

[Walter Roberson]

It is strongly recommended not to do this. Please see the FAQ