How to get name of an enumeration in MATLAB

You can use:

» str = char(Color.RED)
str =
RED
» class(str)
ans =
char

You can even override the default behaviour:

classdef(Enumeration) Color < int32
 enumeration
  RED(0)
  GREEN(1)
  BLUE(2)
 end

 methods
  function s = char(obj)
   s = ['Color ' num2str(obj)];
   %# or use a switch statement..
  end

  function disp(obj)
   disp( char(obj) )
  end
 end
end

and now:

» char(Color.BLUE)
ans =
Color 2