function listbox1_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
index_selected = get(hObject,'Value');
list = get(hObject,'String');
item_selected = list{index_selected}; % Convert from cell array % to string
disp(item_selected);
textdata=xlsread('stringipdata.xlsx');
GetColumnC(handles, textdata);
function listbox2_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
index_selected = get(hObject,'Value');
list = get(hObject,'String');
item_selected2 = list{index_selected}; % Convert from cell array
% to string
disp(item_selected2);
textdata=xlsread('stringipdata.xlsx');
GetColumnC(handles, textdata);
function itemFromColumnC = GetColumnC(handles, textdata)
itemFromColumnC = []; % Initialize to null
% Get the item number that they selected.
selected1 = get(handles.listbox1, 'value');
selected2 = get(handles.listbox2, 'value');
% Get the contents (optional - just FYI in case you want to inspect)
items1 = get(handles.listbox1, 'String');
items2 = get(handles.listbox2, 'String');
% Get the selected item (optional - just FYI in case you want to inspect)
selectedItem1 = items1{selected1};
selectedItem2 = items2{selected2};
% Now compare
if selected1 == selected2
% All indexes are the same so extract column C at that row.
itemFromColumnC = textdata{selected1, 3};
disp(itemFromColumnC);
end
Error is:
??? Cell contents reference from a non-cell array object.
Error in ==> stringdata>GetColumnC at 188 itemFromColumnC = textdata{selected1, 3};
- cell values are strings
- I want to display the 3rd column cell value as the output.