How to slice a struct array?

Question

How can I extract a specific field from each element of a Matlab struct array?

>> clear x
>> x(1).a = 6;
>> x(2).a = 7;

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Answer 1

Sadly, I am almost sure that MATLAB has no nice way of doing what you want. You will have to either use a for loop to construct a new array, or else go back and redesign your data structures. For example you might be able to use a struct-of-arrays rather than an array-of-structs.