MATLAB: Change “Items” in a Discrete Knob with another knob

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Hi,
I have a test App in App Designer, with 2 Discrete knobs, Knob and Knob2. I want to change the settings ("Items") on "Knob" by moving "Knob2". This was just set up in App Designer, and the following Callback for "Knob2" added with the switch. Why doesn't this work?
methods (Access = private)
        % Value changed function: Knob2
        function Knob2ValueChanged(app, event)
            value = app.Knob2.Value;
            switch value
                case '1-10'
                    set(app.Knob,'Items',{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10},'Value',{5});
                case '11-20'
                    set(app.Knob,'Items',{11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20},'value',{15});
                case '21-30'
                    set(app.Knob,'Items',{21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30},'value',{25});
                    
            end
        end
        enda
Thanks!
Doug Anderson

Best Answer

For Knobs (continuous)
There are a few things wrong with your callback function. I've listed them in order of importance.
  1. The "Value" of your switch-case is numeric but your cases are character vectors so none of the cases will ever be chosen. Use a series of if-elseif conditionals. You could also use a switch-case with logical comparisons as in this answer.
  2. "Items" is not a property of a knob. Instead, use the "MajorTicks" property which expects a vector (not a cell array).
  3. In addition to MajorTicks, set the "Limits" propery to maximize the full range of your knob
  4. The "value" property expects a scalar, not a cell.
Here's how the callback should appear (showing 1 line, you can adapt the rests)> 
if value >=1 && value <= 10
    set(app.Knob,'MajorTicks',[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10],'Limits',[1,10],'Value',5);
elseif
    % set()

else
    % set()
end
For "Discrete Knobs"
  1. The 'Items" property is expected to be a cell array of strings or chars. You can use num2str with strsplit to convert your numeric vector to a cell array of chars.
  2. The "value" property is expected to be a char array that belongs to the updated Items list.
Here's how the callback should appear (showing 1 line, again)
switch value
    case '1-10'
        set(app.Knob3,'Items',strsplit(num2str([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10])),'Value','5');
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