Why my GUI code won't work?

When i type this

get (handles.group,'selectedobject')

and select some object in figure that opens from gui editor, in command line i get this

   UIControl (white) with properties:

              Style: 'radiobutton'
             String: 'white'
    BackgroundColor: [0.9400 0.9400 0.9400]
           Callback: @(hObject,eventdata)k2('white_Callback',hObject,eventdata,guidata(hObject))
              Value: 1
           Position: [-0.2000 2.0769 17.4000 1.7692]
              Units: 'characters'

but i want only its string, so i tried:

 get (handles.group,'selectedobject','string')

and it doesn't work.Instead i have to use

 a=get (handles.group,'selectedobject')
 get(a,'string')

My question is WHY?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

... Because that is just the way that get() works.

You are using R2014b or later, so you can use

handles.group.SelectedObject.String

Answer 2

[jack int]

Thanks!