Using the selected string of listdlg not the index number

Hi,

I'm currently trying to find a way to use the string selected when using listdlg, not the index number it provides through the selection output.

So for example:

I somebody selects 'cat,' which is the third option in the list - instead of just getting the value 3, is there anyway to have it output the 'string' cat?

I am wanting the output of that selection to be used in a function, so just having the index value doesn't help.

Does anybody know a way to do this?

Answer 1

[Guillaume]

Well, since you obviously have the ListString you passed to listdlg in the first place, just use the returned index to retrieve the selected value(s) from that list:

somelist = {'cat', 'dog', 'fish'};
[selectionindex, ok] = listdlg('ListString', somelist);
if ok
  selectedvalues = somelist(selectionindex);
  %do something with selectedvalues
end