creating a variable address

I linked Matlab software with a engineering software. MATLAB software must generate a new address every time it can be used in engineering software. The general format of the addresses in the engineering software is as follows:

A.Application.Tree.FindNode('Data\Blocks\variable component\Input\MODEL_TYPE').value

that 'variable component' change every time and When this changes; The address also changes with it.

How can I creat a variable address?

is below code correct?

for i=3:size(strtbl,2)

val_type(i)=sprintf('''A.Application.Tree.FindNode(''\Data\Blocks\%s\Input\MODEL_TYPE'')''',strtbl(3,i));

end

matlab response:

Function is not defined for 'cell' inputs.

Error in Program (line 42)

val_type(i)=sprintf('''A.Application.Tree.FindNode(''\Data\Blocks\%s\Input\MODEL_TYPE'')''',strtbl(3,i));

Answer 1

[Giuseppe Inghilterra]

Hi,

i recommend you to use "fullfile" matlab function. This function allows you to build addresses from parts.

Thus, in your case:

variablecomponent = 'text';
fullfile('Data','Blocks',variablecomponent,'Input','MODEL_TYPE');

Thus, you vary in your for loop variablecomponent and you obtain a variable address.

Note that if variablecomponent is a cell array, where each cell contains a character array, remember to use {} brackets in your for loop. Otherwise the output of fullfile function is not a character array, but a cell array and maybe your function 'A.Application.Tree.FindNode' does not accept a cell array as input argument.

Hope this helps.

[Stephen23]

Good advice. See also:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/fullfile.html

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/access-data-in-a-cell-array.html