instdisp (Financial Derivatives Toolbox)

Display instruments

Syntax

```
CharTable = instdisp(InstSet)
```

Arguments

InstSet
Variable containing a collection of instruments. See instaddfield for examples on constructing the variable.

`InstSet`	Variable containing a collection of instruments. See `instaddfield` for examples on constructing the variable.

Description

CharTable = instdisp(InstSet) creates a character array displaying the contents of an instrument collection, InstSet. If instdisp is called without output arguments, the table is displayed in the command window.

CharTable is a character array with a table of instruments in InstSet. For each instrument row, the Index and Type are printed along with the field contents. Field headers are printed at the tops of the columns.

Examples

Retrieve the instrument set ExampleInst from the data file. InstSetExamples.mat. ExampleInst contains three types of instruments: Option, Futures, and TBill.

load InstSetExamples; 
instdisp(ExampleInst)

Index Type   Strike Price Opt  Contracts
1     Option  95    12.2  Call     0     
2     Option 100     9.2  Call     0     
3     Option 105     6.8  Call  1000    
 
Index Type    Delivery       F     Contracts
4     Futures 01-Jul-1999    104.4 -1000   
  
Index Type   Strike Price Opt  Contracts
5     Option 105      7.4 Put  -1000     
6     Option  95      2.9 Put      0    
 
Index Type Price Maturity       Contracts
7     TBill 99    01-Jul-1999   6

num2str in the online MATLAB Reference

instaddfield, instget

instdelete instfields