MATLAB Function Reference

str2func

Constructs a function handle from a function name string

Syntax

fhandle = str2func('str')

Description

str2func(`str') constructs a function handle, fhandle, for the function named in the string, 'str'.

You can create a function handle using either the @function syntax or the str2func command. You can also perform this operation on a cell array of strings. In this case, an array of function handles is returned.

Examples

To create a function handle from the function name, 'humps'

fhandle = str2func('humps')
fhandle = 
    @humps

To create an array of function handles from a cell array of function names

fh_array = str2func({'sin' 'cos' 'tan'})
fh_array = 
    @sin    @cos    @tan

See Also

function_handle, func2str, functions

str2double

str2mat