Loop question (general programming)

Hi, I am trying to script a function based on find_system in matlab, and I am trying to do the following:

I am getting a parameter name from a list of parameters for a Simulink model, lets take as an example "param", and finding out where it is on the simulink model by using find_system('Name','param'). Until here it's fine.

The problem is, sometimes these parameters have other names, depending on where they are, for example if it is a gain, it would be called "g_param" or a map, "m_param".

So I would like to script a cycle that tries to find "param", if it doesnt find it, appends "m_" to "param", and if it comes empty "g_" to "param" and so on until it hits, or fails and returns 0.

I am having trouble building a cycle for that, so if anybody has an idea, thank you for your support!

Answer 1

[Bob Thompson]

I would suggest creating an array of the possible conditions you want.

A = {'param'; 'm_param'; 'g_param'};

Then you can just create a loop that breaks if you don't find what you're looking for.

for i = 1:size(A,1)
    B = find_system(Name,A{i});
    if ~isempty(B)
        break
    end
end

This is a basic example setup, and probably won't be exactly what you need, but it should get you started.