Get the selected value in a popup menu with a set

Hello,

Is is possible to set the list of the popup menu (with set(handles.....)) and still get which one is selected? I did use set to have my different choices in the popup menu. But when i want to know which one is selected, it gives me the list that i had set... How can i get the selected value only?

if true
te = T(:,3); %one column of an excel file with number (101-109, 201-209,...409)
set(handles.popupname, 'String', table2array(te));

end

Thank you

Answer 1

[Geoff Hayes]

jacques - if you want to get the selected item you would first get the index of the selected value

 idx = get(handles.popupname,'Value');

Once you have the index, you can then determine which is the selected item from your list

 items = get(handles.popupmenu1,'String')
 selectedItem = items{idx};

[jacques baptiste]

Thanks, i didn't know that i could have the index ! :)

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

Try this:

allItems = handles.popupname.String;     % A cell array of all strings in the popup.
selectedIndex = handles.popupname.Value; % An integer saying which item has been selected.
selectedItem = allItems{selectedIndex};  % The one, single string which was selected.

[jacques baptiste]

Thanks for answering too ! I did find the solution by using both answer :)