why isfield does not work with tables, but fieldnames does?

in 2014a

Example:

>> istable(t)

ans =
     1

>> t

t = 
    a    b    c
    _    _    _
    1    2    3

>> isfield(t,'a')

ans =
     0

>> any(strcmp('a',fieldnames(t)))

ans =
     1

[Roger Parkyn]

Yes - it is something they have missed. Thank you for the work-around with: any(strcmp('a',fieldnames(t)))

Answer 1

[the cyclist]

That does seem inconsistent. It has the same behavior for dataset objects as well.

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

See http://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/132417-equivalent-of-isfield-for-tables