Can matlab assign a vector of objects?

[x,y,z] = [1,2,3]

Say I want to assign the objcts x, y, and z to values 1,2,3

Can I create a vector of objects [x,y,z] and assign it [1,2,3]? Why does

[x,y,z] = [1,2,3] not work? Surely I dont have to laboriously type out

x = 1

y = 2

z = 3

yes?

Answer 1

[Tommy]

One possibility...

C = num2cell([1 2 3]);
[x,y,z] = C{:};

[Jacob Thompson]

Is there an inverse operation that can undo num2cell?

[Tommy]

Yes, cell2mat:

>> num2cell([1 2 3])

ans =

  1×3 cell array

    {[1]}    {[2]}    {[3]}

>> cell2mat(ans)

ans =

     1     2     3