Changing a string in a matrix to a variable with a value given in another matrix.

Its pretty simple what i want to do but seems complex on matlab. For example we have two difference types of arrays

if true
  % code
Names = {'AB','GH','BC';'BG','FG','CF';'DE','CD','EF'}
Values = [1 2 5;1 4 5;1 5 6]
end

all I need to do is take the Value from the String array and make a variable out of it and then give that variable a value from the Values matrix in the corresponding spot.

Answer 1

[James Tursa]

Well, you can do this using the eval() function, but it is generally not a good idea to do so. You are popping these variables into the workspace dynamically. How do you expect to deal with them downstream in your code? With more eval() statements? Ugly and difficult to maintain. See this link for alternatives:

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/143-how-do-i-make-a-series-of-variables-a1-a2-a3-a10

E.g.,

eval([Names{2,3} '=' num2str(Values(2,3))])

Do you really want to do stuff like this everywhere in your code when you want to use the variable? Probably not.