Construct a MATLAB struct with name-value pairs.

Function written by Eleni Christoforidou in MATLAB R2022b.

This function has a variable number of input arguments representing name-value pairs. The first is the name (char type), the next is the value (any data type). This means that the function must be called with an even number of actual input arguments. The function returns a single cell array which has two columns. The first column contains the names, while the second column contains the values. If the function is called with no input arguments, or it is called with an odd number of inputs or if a name is not of char type, the function returns an empty cell array.

Example:

f = name_value_pairs('name','John Smith','age',32,'children',{'Joe' 'Jill'})

f = 3x2 cell array

{'name' } {'John Smith'}

{'age' } {[ 32]}

{'children'} {1x2 cell }