--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/m-toolbox/classes/@ssmblock/char.m	Wed Nov 23 19:22:13 2011 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+% CHAR convert a ssmblock object into a string.
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%
+% DESCRIPTION: CHAR convert a ssmblock object into a string.
+%
+% CALL:        string = char(ssmblock)
+%
+% VERSION:     $Id: char.m,v 1.4 2011/02/18 16:48:54 ingo Exp $
+%
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+function varargout = char(varargin)
+  objs = [varargin{:}];
+  
+  pstr = '';
+  for ii = 1:numel(objs)
+    pstr = [objs(ii).name ' | ' char(objs(ii).ports, objs(ii).name) ', '];
+  end
+  
+  % remove last ', '
+  if length(pstr)>1
+    pstr = pstr(1:end-2);
+  end
+  
+  %%% Prepare output
+  varargout{1} = pstr;
+end