How to convert string variable into boolean in Matlab?

Question

I have a matlab script and one of the variables is:

a = 'false' % my string

my goal is to convert such variable into a boolean variable:

a = false % my goal

is there a matlab function that allows me to convert the string into a boolean value?

a = string2boolean('false') % I would like to have something like this

If there are no functions that allow to do that what could be another possible solution?

Answer 1

You can write one yourself, it's rather simple

function [output]=string2boolean(string)
   if strcmp(string,'false')
     output = false;
   else
     output = true;
   end
end

Additionally you can altogether skip the function and simply

a = strcmp(a,'true');