MATLAB: Dot notation for array

Question

MATLAB R2014:

I am trying to replace the following set command by a dot notation:

   hax=gca;
   hgraf=hax.Children;
   set (hgraf, 'Color' , currentColor);

% what I was trying is:

% hgraf.Color=currentColor;

% I also tried:

% hgraf(:).Color=currentColor;

% both with currentColor defined as a scalar (which is the case used in the set command, or as an array (of correct length).

% I keep getting error:

%Insufficient number of outputs from function on right hand side of equal sign to satisfy % overloaded assignment.

Answer 1

Try:

[hgraf.Color] = deal(CurrentColor);

Or you could just be explicit and use:

for hchild = hgraf'
  hchild.Color = CurrentColor;
end