How to write multiple variables from workspace to output structure within a function

Hello, I'm stuck somewhere between Python and Matlab, and I'm trying to figure out if this is possible. I would like to be able to write multiple workspace variables to a structure 'output', so they could be used later. In this example, there are only three (a,b,c), but in the real code, there may be 1-2 dozen things I would like to have access to for debug and report generation.

function [value,output] = getValue(var)
 var.a = 1;
 var.b = 5;
 var.c = 12;
 value = var.a + var.b + var.c;
 % output = ?;

The closest thing I could find was struct(), where:

var2struct = @(x) struct(inputname(1),x)
a = 1;
output = var2struct(a)
>>output = 
  >>a: 1

However, I'd like to be able to pass structure element(s) all to the same output structure. Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

[Matt H]

Just found Adi Navve's v2struct(): http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/31532-pack---unpack-variables-to---from-structures-with-enhanced-functionality