Creating a MATLAB Function to Split a URL into Component Parts, Part 1

(Originally posted on Stuart's MATLAB Videos blog.)

I often need to break up a URL string into components such as protocol, hostname, file path, query parameters, etc. Here, I create a function to do this, similar to the fileparts function in MATLAB.

Topics I cover in this code-along style video include:

• Writing a function
• Writing tests for functions using assert
• Matching regular expressions using regexp
• Using data types including char arrays,  structures (accessed via dynamic field names)