keyMatch - Determine if two dictionary keys are the same - MATLAB (original) (raw)

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Determine if two dictionary keys are the same

Since R2022b

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Description

`tf` = keyMatch([A](#mw%5F261790ac-2c1b-44b6-a4d7-45daa1294a7f),[B](#mw%5F261790ac-2c1b-44b6-a4d7-45daa1294a7f)) returns 1 (true) if arrays A andB are the same class, properties, dimensions, and values and returns0 (false) otherwise.

NaN, NaT, <undefined> categorical elements, and <missing> values are considered to be equal to other such values. Handle objects match if they are the same handle.

The keyMatch function determines equivalence on the properties of the input. For custom classes keyMatch may need to be overloaded to ensure correct equivalence. For more information on using custom classes with dictionary, see Dictionaries and Custom Classes

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Examples

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Dictionaries map unique keys to values. Use the function keyMatch to determine if keys are the same.

Create two structures with two fields.

X = struct("field1",1,"field2",2); Y = struct("field1",1,"field2",2);

Use keyMatch to determine if X and Y are the same as dictionary keys.

Change field1 of Y so that X and Y are different as dictionary keys.

Y.field1 = 3; keyMatch(X,Y)

Input Arguments

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Inputs to be compared, specified as scalars, vectors, matrices, or multidimensional arrays

Version History

Introduced in R2022b