Fundamentally, you need to "bind" a value in to the function that gets invoked by afterEach. The simplest way to do this is to use a nested function. Here's an example: in this case, the result vector has elements assigned when data queue messages are received:
function result = doStuff
q = parallel.pool.DataQueue;
% Pre-allocate the return value for the function
result = NaN(1, 20);
% This nested function modifies entries of 'result'
function nAccumulate(msg)
idx = msg(1);
val = msg(2);
result(idx) = val;
end
% Hook up our DataQueue to the nested function. The nested function
% handle can see and modify 'result'.
afterEach(q, @nAccumulate);
% Run the parfor loop, sending back updates.
parfor ii = 1:10
idx = randi(20);
val = rand();
% This will cause the idx'th element of 'result' to get the value
% 'val'.
send(q, [idx, val]);
end
end
