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Class of object
className = class(obj)
className = class(obj) returns the name of the class of obj.
className
obj
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Get the class name of a Java® object.
jObject = java.lang.String('Java string'); className = class(jObject); disp(className)
java.lang.String
Determine the class of a variable.
h = @sin; className = class(h); disp(className)
function_handle
Object or literal, specified as a variable or an expression.
Example: class(date)
Name of the class, returned as a character vector.
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backgroundPool
ThreadPool
This function fully supports thread-based environments. For more information, see Run MATLAB Functions in Thread-Based Environment.
Introduced before R2006a
isa | isobject | metaclass
isa
isobject
metaclass
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