I have assigned some the data and metadata (and some additional stuff) as 'Userdata' to a figure in order to assure that the graphic description of my data matches the actual data behind the graphics.
When I open the figure the original data are easily retrievable by:
graphdata = get(fig_handle,'UserData');
But, what I wish to do is to create a button in my figure which allows me to 'export' the userdata to workspace. Is that possible by creating/assigning a ButtonDownFcn to a pushbutton uicontrol? Preferably with a dialogue for naming the variable.
If possible I'd prefer assigning something generic to the ButtonDownFcn to assure that it works for other users even without access to my GIT or my local/personal functions.
fig_handle = figure;myData.xData = rand(10,12000);myData.yData = randn(10,1);myData.sampleNames = {'Sample01','Sample02','Sample03','Sample04','Sample05',... 'Sample06','Sample07','Sample08','Sample09','Sample10'};plot(myData.xData')legend(myData.sampleNames);set(fig_handle,'UserData',myData)btn = uicontrol('Parent',gcf,'Style','pushbutton','string','Export userdata');set(btn,'ButtonDownFcn',@somethingsomething)savefig(fig_handle,'figure_with_myData.fig')
…i.e. what to do with the @somethingsomething in order for the button to extract userdata to a user defined variable in the base workspace.
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