% Test the structure field-based multiple assign in a function call function test_val = test_struct8 a = struct('foo',{0,0,0,0}); [a.foo] = test_struct8_assist; test_val = test(a(1).foo == 1) & test(a(2).foo == 2) & ... test(a(3).foo == 3) & test(a(4).foo == 4); function [a,b,c,d] = test_struct8_assist a = 1; b = 2; c = 3; d = 4;