MATLAB: Transfer variables within function with different properties.

different propertiesvariables transfer

Hi,
I wrote the following class code:
classdef Copy_of_getPortRawData
    
    properties
        PortMembers
        PortWeights
    end
    
    methods
        function obj=getPortRawData(c,PortID,Dates)
            obj=getPortMembers(obj,c,PortID,Dates);   
            obj=getPortWeights(obj,Dates);
        end
        
        % 1)
        function obj=getPortMembers(obj,c,PortID,Dates)
            % Define input parameters
            portField={'PORTFOLIO_MWEIGHT'};
            override={'REFERENCE_DATE'};
            nDates=size(Dates,1);
            rawPortData=cell(nDates,1);
            
            % start downloading raw portfolio data
            for r=1:nDates
                rawPortData{r}=portfolio(c,PortID,portField,override,datestr(Dates(r,1),'yyyymmdd'));
                % simplify data storage structure and delete first row
                rawPortData{r}=rawPortData{r,1}.PORTFOLIO_MWEIGHT{1,1};
                % find unique portfolio members
                if r==1
                obj.PortMembers=rawPortData{r}(:,1);
                else
                obj.PortMembers=union(obj.PortMembers,rawPortData{r}(:,1),'sorted');
                end
            end
        end
         
        % 2)   
            function obj=getPortWeights(obj,Dates)    
            % construct matrix of weights for each portfolio member and each date
            nPortMembers=size(obj.PortMembers,1);
            obj.PortWeights=zeros(nDates,nPortMembers);
            nDates=size(Dates,1);
            
            for r=1:nDates
                ind=ismember(obj.PortMembers,rawPortData{r}(:,1));
                obj.PortWeights(r,ind)=transpose(cell2mat(rawPortData{r}(:,2)));
            end
        end      
    end    
end
My question refers to the code after the line with text % 2)
How does the code look like if I want to work with the variable "rawPortData" coming from the function under the line % 1)?
thanks a lot in advance for your reply.

Best Answer

Either return it as an output argument from the previous function and pass it in as an input argument or store it as a class property.
[obj, rawPortData] =getPortMembers(obj,c,PortID,Dates)
obj=getPortWeights(obj,Dates, rawPortData);
or 
obj.rawPortData{r} = ...
and add it to the properties list, though put it in a private access block, not a general access block, if you want to be neat.
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