function assign(dict)% ASSIGN  Assigns values to GP variables as given in the input cell array.%%	ASSIGN( gp_vars_values ) takes as the input a cell array of%	specified GP variables along with their values, and assigns%	each of the variables to its value.%%	gp_vars_values: n-by-2 cell array of GP variable names and values%	%	Example: gp_vars_values = {'x' 1; 'y' 2; 'w' ones(25,1)}%	then, assign( gp_vars_values ) will transform GP variables%	x y w from gpvars into doubles.%sz = size(dict);if( ~isa(dict,'cell') || sz(2) ~= 2 )  error('The input argument should be a cell array with 2 columns.');endfor k = 1:sz(1)  assignin('base',dict{k,1},dict{k,2});%%  % added support for structures (rasha's patch 01/26/06)%%  if ~strcmp(dict{k,1},'') %%    disp([dict{k,1} '=' num2str(dict{k,2}) ';']);%%    evalin('caller',[dict{k,1} '=' num2str(dict{k,2}) ';']);%%  endend