Is there a “queue” in MATLAB?

Question

I want to convert a recursive function to a iterative one. What I normally do is, I initialize a queue, put the first job into queue. Then in a while loop I consume

Answer 1

1. Is a recursive solution really so bad? (always examine your design first).
2. File Exchange is your friend. (steal with pride!)
3. Why bother with the trouble of a proper Queue or a class - fake it a bit. Keep it simple:

q = {};
head = 1;
q{head} = param;
result = 0;
while (head<=numel(q))

    %process param{head} and obtain new param(s)
    head = head + 1;
    %change result
    q{end+1} = param1;
    q{end+1} = param2;
end %loop over q
return result;
 

If the performance suffers from adding at the end too much - add in chunks:

chunkSize = 100;
chunk = cell(1, chunkSize);
q = chunk;
head = 1;
nextLoc = 2;
q{head} = param;
result = 0;
while (head numel(q);
        q = [q chunk];
    end
    q{nextLoc} = param1;
    nextLoc = nextLoc + 1;
    q{end+1} = param2;
    nextLoc = nextLoc + 1;
end %loop over q
 return result;

A class is certainly more elegant and reusable - but fit the tool to the task.