class - Class of object - MATLAB (original) (raw)

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Syntax

Description

[className](#mw%5F661b176d-8919-428f-9047-273f4208e51d) = class([obj](#mw%5F6f09edb1-fdf2-4328-8d55-1607d809b97d)) returns the name of the class of obj.

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Examples

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Get the class name of a Java® object.

jObject = java.lang.String('Java string'); className = class(jObject); disp(className)

Determine the class of a variable.

h = @sin; className = class(h); disp(className)

Input Arguments

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Object or literal, specified as a variable or an expression.

Example: class(date)

Output Arguments

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Name of the class, returned as a character vector.

Extended Capabilities

Version History

Introduced before R2006a