using structure as a value for containers.Map

I am trying to add a structure as a value for container.Map, for example I'm trying to add segments strcuture to cont container.

Code:

Properties
  segments = struct('signal', {}, 'time', {})
  cont = containers.Map('KeyType','int32','ValueType','any');
end
fucntion:
if length(map) == 0
    i = 2;
   this.cont(1) = this.segments;
else
    this.cont(i) = this.segments;
    i = i+1;
end

Is this even possible, It adds fine, but when i try to retrieve the values.

cont.values(1)

I am getting:

Error using containers.Map/values
Parameter must be 'cell'.

Answer 1

[Guillaume]

The valueSet returned by the values function is a cell array of whatever is stored in the map. Therefore,

cont.values{1}

would retrieve the 1st item stored in the map. If you're storing structures, then values{1} is a structure.

Important: using values is not the normal way to retrieve elements stored in the map. In particular, there is no guarantee that values{1} correspond to a key value of 1. To retrieve the value corresponding to a key value of 1:

valforkey1 = cont(1)

The two operations are vastly different. cont.values returns a cell array whose elements are in the same order as cont.keys, but there is no guarantee that cont.keys{1} has value 1.