MATLAB Object-Oriented Programming

Default Enumeration Member

The default member an enumeration class is the first enumeration member defined in the

enumeration block. For the WeekDays class, the default enumeration member is

WeekDays.Monday.

classdef WeekDays

enumeration

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

end

end

MATLAB allows assignment to any element of an array, even if the array variable does not

previously exist. To fill in unassigned array elements, MATLAB uses the default

enumeration member.

For example, assign a value to element 5 of an array, a:

clear a

a(5) = WeekDays.Tuesday;

MATLAB must initialize the values of array elements a(1:4) with the default

enumeration member. The result of the assignment to the fifth element of the array a is:

a

a =

Monday Monday Monday Monday Tuesday

See Also

Related Examples

• “Operations on Enumerations” on page 14-19

14 Enumerations