Instantiate class from name in MATLAB

Question

I\'m trying to list classes I created in some folder in my Matlab folder - using only their name (class name)

as an example, I have a class called \'SimpleString\' -

Answer 1

Use a package to access class constructors with .()-notation.

A Matlab package is simply a folder/directory with a name that begins with +:

+mypackage/foo.m:

classdef foo
    methods
        function obj = foo(arg1, arg2)
            %foo constructor
        end
    end
end

With class foo defined this way, you can access the constructor of mypackage.foo as

class_name = 'foo';
o = mypackage.(class_name)('arg1_value', 'arg2_value');