MATLAB: Is there any way to set function (or method) output as comma separated list

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If we have an array of struct, like this:
s(1).a = 1;
s(2).a = 2;
s(3).a = 3;
and then if we get the field of this array, then the result would be like:
s.a
ans =
     1
ans =
     2
ans =
     3
As I know, this output is comma separated list.
I want to have this behavior in my method output too, so that I can use my object just as how I use structs. Something like this:
classdef myObject
properties
    myProp
end
methods
    function this = myObject(input)
        %constructor
        this.myProp = input;
    end
      function output = myMethod(this)
          % this function should return myProp as comma separated list
          % when myObj array 'this' is given
          % I don't know what to do here
          % My best try:
          % anyway the code below here obviously doesn't work...
          output = {this(:).myProp}
      end
  end
and
myObj(1) = myObject('A');
myObj(2) = myObject('B');
myObj(3) = myObject('C');  
myObj.myMethod
ans =
     A
ans =
     B
ans =
     C
It would be cool, isn't it?
I tried varargout, but it only outputs explicit number of nargout, so if the output argument is not specified, it will give only one output, which is varargout{1}.
Is there any good way to do this?

Best Answer

You should be able to do it by overloading numArgumentsFromSubscript. In other words, tell the class to interpret
   >> myObj.myMethod(arg)
as a dot-indexing expression rather than a function call.
The hassle with this is that, similar to overloading subsref, you now have to explicitly implement code in the method to distinguish which dot-indexing expressions are function calls and which are actual indexings.
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