function myvar = params2var(params,freeList)

myvar = [];
tmp = []; %shouldn't need this line - editor doesn't like using 'tmp' if only defined in an evalstr.  whatever.
for i=1:length(freeList)

  evalStr = sprintf('tmp = params.%s;',freeList{i})
  eval(evalStr);
  myvar = [myvar,tmp(:)'];
end