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ispref - Test for existence of preference

Syntax

ispref('group','pref') ispref('group') ispref('group',{'pref1','pref2',...'prefn'})

Description

ispref('group','pref') returns 1 if the preference specified by group and pref exists, and 0 otherwise.

ispref('group') returns 1 if the GROUP exists, and 0 otherwise.

ispref('group',{'pref1','pref2',...'prefn'}) returns a logical array the same length as the cell array of preference names, containing 1 where each preference exists, and 0 elsewhere.

Examples

addpref('mytoolbox','version','1.0')
ispref('mytoolbox','version')

ans =
     1.0

See Also

addpref | getpref | rmpref | setpref | uigetpref | uisetpref

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