switch statement to select a function

I have select one out of four functions, decided by the value of variable named "Indicator", which can be applied to a matrix Y as follows

ReceivedY = isequal(Indicator,1).*Y
ReceivedY = isequal(Indicator,2).*flipud(Y)'
ReceivedY = isequal(Indicator,3).*flipud(fliplr(Y))
ReceivedY = isequal(Indicator,4).*rot90(Y,1)

I want to write a function which takes in Indicator and gives me back newY depending upon the value of Indicator

NewY = somefunction(Y,Indicator)

I option is to use switch statements...but I have to repeat this thing many times so I am reluctant to use this option. What else can I do

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

funs = {@(Y) Y, @(Y) flipud(Y)', @(Y) flipud(fliplr(Y)), @(Y) rot90(Y,1)}

ReceivedY = funs{indicator}(Y);

[xplore29]

thanks a lot.....it works like magic. I had never heard of any such thing before.

[Walter Roberson]

You can improve performance as follows:

persistent funs

if isempty(funs)
  funs = {@(Y) Y, @(Y) flipud(Y)', @(Y) flipud(fliplr(Y)), @(Y) rot90(Y,1)}
end

ReceivedY = funs{indicator}(Y);

This will prevent the code from having to recreate the anonymous functions each time.