--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/toString.m	Mon Oct 12 10:38:53 2015 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+% Takes a value and returns a string representation of that value.
+% If syntaxFlag is true, a string with valid matlab syntax is returned.
+function str = toString(value, syntaxFlag)
+    default_arg('syntaxFlag',false);
+
+    if syntaxFlag
+        error('Not supported yet.')
+    end
+
+    str = value2string(value);
+end
+
+function str  = value2string(value)
+    if isnumeric(value) || ischar(value)
+        str = mat2str(value);
+    elseif isstruct(value)
+        str = struct2string(value);
+    elseif iscell(value)
+        str = cell2string(value);
+    elseif isa('function_hande')
+        str = func2str(value);
+    else
+        warning('No string representation for class ''%s''', class(value))
+        str = 'NO_STR_REP';
+    end
+end
+
+function str = cell2string(c)
+    len = length(c);
+
+    if len == 0
+        str = '{}';
+        return
+    end
+
+    str = '{';
+
+    for i =1:len-1
+        str = [str sprintf('%s, ', value2string(c{i}))];
+    end
+    str = [str sprintf('%s}', value2string(c{end}))];
+end
+
+function str = struct2string(s)
+    fn = fieldnames(s);
+
+    if length(fn) == 0
+        str = '{}';
+        return
+    end
+
+    str = '{';
+
+    for i = 1:length(fn) - 1
+        value = s.(fn{i});
+        str = [str sprintf('%s: %s, ',fn{i}, value2string(value))];
+    end
+    value = s.(fn{end});
+    str = [str sprintf('%s: %s}',fn{end}, value2string(value))];
+end
+