MATLAB Object-Oriented Programming

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>> removeNode(n2)

>> clear(n2)

MATLAB calls delete(n2)

Delete the List

When you create a linked list and assign a variable that contains, for example, the head or

tail of the list, clearing that variable causes the destructor to recurse through the entire

list. With large enough list, clearing the list variable can result in MATLAB exceeding its

recursion limit.

The clearList method avoids recursion and improves the performance of deleting large

lists by looping over the list and disconnecting each node. clearList accepts the handle

of any node in the list and removes the remaining nodes.

function clearList(node)

if ~isscalar(node)

error('Input must be scalar')

end

prev = node.Prev;

next = node.Next;

removeNode(node)

while ~isempty(next)

node = next;

next = node.Next;

3 MATLAB Classes Overview