Copies of a MATLAB handle
When a copy of a handle object is created, it still points to the same object as the original handle. See the following example to understand it better.
Example 1:
Matlab
% Code fh = @fun; fprintf('First handle: ') disp(fh(3)) %creating copy of the handle fh h=fh; fprintf('Copied handle: ') disp(h(2)) %function function result = fun(x) result = x^3; end |
Output:
As can be seen here, the copied handle and its original handle, both point to the same object, the function fun.
Handle Object Behavior in MATLAB
Handles in MATLAB are data type that points to an object. The handles can be used to point to an object from different references or to pass a function to another function as an input argument.
We shall not explain the creation and usage of MATLAB handles, as they are out of this article’s scope. However, MATLAB handles have some special properties that we shall discuss in this article.