How do I create enumerated types in MATLAB?

Question

Are there enumerated types in MATLAB? If not, what are the alternatives?

Answer 1

If you need the enumerated types just for passing to C# or .NET assembly, you can construct and pass the enums with MATLAB 2010:

A = NET.addAssembly(MyName.dll)
% suppose you have enum called "MyAlerts" in your assembly
myvar = MyName.MyAlerts.('value_1');

you can also check the official MathWorks answer at

How do I use .NET enumerated values in MATLAB 7.8 (R2009a)?

// the enum "MyAlerts" in c# will look something like this
public enum MyAlerts
{
    value_1 = 0,
    value_2 = 1,
    MyAlerts_Count = 2,
}