Structs in Scilab

Our first example explains how to use structs to group related data together.

// Define the struct type 'person' with 'name' and 'age' fields
person = struct("name", "age");

// Function to construct a new person with a specified name
function p = newPerson(name)
    p = struct("name", name, "age", 42);
endfunction

function main()
    // Create a new struct
    disp(struct("name", "Bob", "age", 20));
    
    // Name the fields when initializing a struct
    disp(struct("name", "Alice", "age", 30));
    
    // Omitted fields will be zero-valued (or empty in Scilab's case)
    disp(struct("name", "Fred"));
    
    // Using a pointer (i.e., referencing the struct dictionary)
    Ann = struct("name", "Ann", "age", 40);
    disp(Ann);
    
    // Using the constructor function
    Jon = newPerson("Jon");
    disp(Jon);
    
    // Access struct fields with dot notation
    s = struct("name", "Sean", "age", 50);
    disp(s.name);
    
    // Use dots with struct pointers (direct referencing in Scilab)
    sp = s;
    disp(sp.age);
    
    // Modify struct fields
    sp.age = 51;
    disp(sp.age);
    
    // Anonymous struct type for single value usage
    dog = struct("name", "Rex", "isGood", %t);
    disp(dog);
endfunction

main();

In this example, we’ve defined a person struct type with name and age fields. We then created functions to construct a new person and demonstrated various ways to work with structs, including initializing, accessing, and modifying fields.

To execute this code, just copy it into a Scilab script file (e.g., structs.sce) and run it in the Scilab environment.

Scilab handles structs as dictionaries, and you can directly manipulate them using dot notation for accessing and updating fields. Note that, unlike some languages, Scilab does not have direct support for pointers, but we can simulate references using variable assignments.

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