I recently wrote an article on Evading eval. A couple of users asked me how to avoid using eval in the case post under Code Clarity / Readability. The answer is you can't, unless you rethink the code altogether. ... read more >>

If you are a regular reader of the MATLAB Usenet newsgroup, comp.soft-sys.matlab, found on the MathWorks User Community page, you are probably familiar with repeated advice to not use the MATLAB function eval . Today I plan to tell you more about why this is generally good advice.... read more >>