MATLAB: How to get the string from a handle.text GUI HELP

Question

I'm trying to obtain a string value and set it as a variable 'a' ..

So in the opening function I set a particular handles.text to 'TRUE'. One pushbutton sets handle.text to 'FALSE', but I want to be able to read if that value is true or false to stop a loop.

I tried to set them as integers, but Matlab didn't allow me to? For example

set(handles.text, 'String', 'TRUE')

works fine.. but if I try

set(handles.text, 'double', 0)

i'm told it's an invalid property.. is there a property for integers? if not can I read out my text as a separate variable 'a'?

Answer 1

No there is no "double" property for text label controls. Perhaps you want to use the UserData property to store things.