How do i put content in a text box into a list in GUI?

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I am trying to put content inside a text box into a list. So i make a list, namelist = cell(2,6),
and then i did
namelist(1,2) = get(hObject, 'String')
for every text box i have (number inside different)
but when i run my GUI it keeps on giving me weird numbers, i enter 1 number, it gives me like 50s or 60s or even 100s for every number in the list. If i try to input something that is 2 letters, for example "12", it gives me error saying dimesion mismatch. If anyone knows what i am doing wrong please help! Thanks

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Fangjun Jiang
Fangjun Jiang on 19 Sep 2011
You need to use namelist{1,2} = get(hObject, 'String')
Notice the curly bracket {}, instead of parentheses ()
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Fangjun Jiang
Fangjun Jiang on 19 Sep 2011
Okay, first let's try to get rid of the error. You have many textbox. Every textbox will have a callback function. In the callback function, you run namelist=cell(2,6);namelist{i,j}=get(hObject,'String'); i and j vary depending on which textbox. It should not have error has long as i is 1 or 2. j is any number from 1 to 6. Remember though, you won't be able to combine all the text into namelist because you are not saving and passing data yet. Every time you edit the textbox, it's going to set one cell in namelist and then namelist is lost. You can only see the value change when you debug. But anyway, what is your error message?
Andy
Andy on 19 Sep 2011
i am getting
"??? Subscripted assignment dimension mismatch."
I have 12 text boxes, and trying to save all 12 strings into one list. but right now, no matter what i put in, its giving me a bunch of 49s, i dont even know where the 49s come from

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Andy
Andy on 19 Sep 2011
it didnt work....still gives me some weird error

Tigersnooze
Tigersnooze on 19 Sep 2011
Just to clarify--you have the textbox in a GUI, and you want to put all numbers from the text box into a list? If it's a list of numbers you want, you might need to use the str2num or str2double function so that you don't get a dimension mismatch since what you're getting from the GUI is a string.
At least, that's what I think. If that doesn't do anything, what exactly is the error that you get?
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Tigersnooze
Tigersnooze on 19 Sep 2011
Could you assign get(hObject, 'String') to a variable, then find out what class that variable is for me? Just say, a = get(hObject, 'String') and type class a in the command editor.
Thanks!

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Andy
Andy on 19 Sep 2011
it says char
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Andy
Andy on 19 Sep 2011
??? Cell contents assignment to a non-cell array object.
Andy
Andy on 19 Sep 2011
namelist{2,5} = get(hObject, 'String')
so its like that right now

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Andy
Andy on 19 Sep 2011
ah i fixed it, turns out i forgot to put global at the palce where i made the array, gah such a stupid mistake, sorry about wasting all your time

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