extfield (Financial Time Series)

Extract data series

Syntax

ftse = extfield(tsobj, fieldnames)

Arguments

tsobj
Financial time series object

fieldnames
Data series to be extracted. A cell array if a list of data series names (field names) is supplied. A string if only one is wanted.

`tsobj`	Financial time series object
`fieldnames`	Data series to be extracted. A cell array if a list of data series names (field names) is supplied. A string if only one is wanted.

Description

ftse = extfield(tsobj, fieldnames) extracts from tsobj the dates and data series specified by fieldnames into a new financial time series object ftse. ftse has all the dates in tsobj but contains a smaller number of data series.

Example

extfield is identical to referencing a field in the object. For example

ftse = extfield(fts, 'Close')

is the same as

ftse = fts.Close

This function is the complement of the function rmfield.

See Also

rmfield

exp fieldnames