Daniel@0: function val = subsref(A, S)
Daniel@0: % SUBSREF Subscript reference for an associative array
Daniel@0: % A('foo') will return the value associated with foo.
Daniel@0: % If there are multiple identicaly keys, the first match is returned.
Daniel@0: % Currently the search is sequential.
Daniel@0: 
Daniel@0: i = 1;
Daniel@0: while i <= length(A.keys)
Daniel@0:   if strcmp(S.subs{1}, A.keys{i})
Daniel@0:     val = A.vals{i};
Daniel@0:     return;
Daniel@0:   end
Daniel@0:   i = i + 1;
Daniel@0: end
Daniel@0: error(['can''t find ' S.subs{1}])