MATLAB Easiest way to assign elements of a vector to individual variables [duplicate]

Question

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How do I do multiple assignment in MATLAB?

So let's say I have a vector p = [1 2 3]. I want a command that looks like this:

[x y z] = p;

so that x = p(1), y = p(2), and z = p(3).

Is there an easy way to do this?

Answer 1

Convert to cell array.

pCell = num2cell(p);
[x,y,z] = pCell{:};