matthiasm@8: function val = subsref(A, S)
matthiasm@8: % SUBSREF Subscript reference for an associative array
matthiasm@8: % A('foo') will return the value associated with foo.
matthiasm@8: % If there are multiple identicaly keys, the first match is returned.
matthiasm@8: % Currently the search is sequential.
matthiasm@8: 
matthiasm@8: i = 1;
matthiasm@8: while i <= length(A.keys)
matthiasm@8:   if strcmp(S.subs{1}, A.keys{i})
matthiasm@8:     val = A.vals{i};
matthiasm@8:     return;
matthiasm@8:   end
matthiasm@8:   i = i + 1;
matthiasm@8: end
matthiasm@8: error(['can''t find ' S.subs{1}])