How can I use selections from multiple uidropdowns as function inputs?
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I'm using two (2) uidropdowns with a valuechangedfcn to live update the x-y axes for a plot based on the selected variable. I can't figure out how to simultaneously pass the information from both dropdowns to my plotting function. For example, say I have data for three variables: time, position, and velocity, and I have two drop downs each containing the same three variables for the x and y axes. I'm unable to retain a previous variable selection for the x-axis once I select a new variable for the y-axis, so it just reverts to the initialized x-variable. Is there a way to store the selection from each dropdown simultaneously
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Walter Roberson
on 8 Jul 2024
Inside the plotting function, access the uidropdown value property directly for the two controls.
xval = app.XDropDown.Value;
yval = app.YDropDown.Value;
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Voss
on 8 Jul 2024
Here's an example of how it could work:
function uidropdown_demo()
T = array2table([(1:25).' [10 100].*rand(25,2)], ...
'VariableNames',{'time','position','velocity'});
f = uifigure();
ax = uiaxes(f, ...
'Position',[20 20 400 300]);
xdd = uidropdown(f, ...
'Items',T.Properties.VariableNames, ...
'Position',[20 340 100 26], ...
'ValueChangedFcn',@vcf);
ydd = uidropdown(f, ...
'Items',T.Properties.VariableNames, ...
'Position',[220 340 100 26], ...
'ValueChangedFcn',@vcf);
vcf() % initialize the plot
function vcf(~,~)
plotFunction(xdd.Value,ydd.Value)
end
function plotFunction(x,y)
cla(ax)
plot(ax,T.(x),T.(y));
xlabel(ax,x);
ylabel(ax,y);
end
end
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