Get logical values from checked TreeNodes

I have made a Checkbox Tree Node as part of an app I am designing. The number of nodes may vary depending on the data fed to the app, so the nodes are created using

for a = 1:someNumber
    node(a) = uitreenode(app.Tree,'Text',['Node' num2str(a)] );
end

Now I have a list of nodes. Based on user input, some are checked and some are unchecked. I want to get a logical array that represents which boxes are checked. So suppose I have 5 nodes, and nodes 2, 3 and 5 are checked. I want a one-line statement that returns

[0 1 1 0 1]

but

app.Tree.CheckedNodes

returns TreeNode objects that seem to just contain the names of the nodes. I could write some complicated search function to match the names to the list of all node names, but this seems silly. Is there an easier way? I'm open to using something other than a CheckBox Tree Node if it would be more efficient.

Answer 1

[Jasmine Poppick]

You can do this using ismember to query which nodes are in the CheckedNodes array:

allnodes = findall(app.Tree,"Type","uitreenode");
ismember(allnodes,app.Tree.CheckedNodes)

[Daniel Dickinson]

Exactly what I was looking for, thanks!

[Laura Ferreira]

what if i want the text? I want force the check of a certain node based on its text. Instead of an array of tree node objects i would like an array of the text propreties. Can you help? Thank you

[Jasmine Poppick]

You can get a cell array of the text of all of the nodes by querying the Text property:

nodes = findall(app.Tree,"Type","uitreenode");
nodeText = {nodes.Text};

However, if you want to programmatically check a node with specific text, it might be easier to find that node directly in the call to findall:

matchingNode = findall(app.Tree,"Type","uitreenode","Text","MyNodeText");
app.Tree.CheckedNodes = matchingNode;