XploRe Help : selectitem

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Group:	GUI functions
See also:	readvalue

Function:		selectitem
Description:		opens a self defined menu box to ask for a choice. The choice may have to be confirmed or not (mode="single").

Usage:	`i = selectitem(headline, items {, mode})`
Input:
	`headline`	a string
	`items`	a vector of strings
	`mode`	a string (only one option is "single")
Output:
	`i`	a number of selected item, 1 ... rows of items

Example:

headline = "Please select" items = "linear" | "quadratic" | "log" i = selectitem(headline, items) i

Result:

A menu box opens where you read headline and are able to select one or more of the topics listed in items.

By selecting OK a vector i is created containing a 1 at the position of a selected item and a 0 otherwise.

Example:

item = "choose data" | " plot data" head = "XploRe" task = selectitem(head,item,"single")

Result:

A menu box opens where you are able to select one or more of the topics listed in items. You do NOT have to press  to confirm the selection.