The best solution would be to learn how to use function handles, and then simply create the cell array to have function handles instead of strings:
>> C = {@mtimes,@rdivide,@max};
>> for k = 1:numel(C), C{k}(2,3), end
ans =
6
ans =
0.6667
ans =
3
Generate function handles from strings If the function names really must be generated from strings, then use str2func to generate the function handles first, then call it as above:
>> S = {'mtimes','rdivide','max'};
>> C = cellfun(@str2func,S,'UniformOutput',false);
Avoid eval and evalin and assignin
Learn to avoid using eval and other functions that let beginners write slow buggy code:
