Passing the listbox name to a function

Hi, I have a function that updates the files in a directory into a listbox:

% Refresh list Box

fname=get(handles.textSaveFolder,'String');
%List all tif images into the list box.
[pathstr,name,ext] = fileparts(fname) 
filePattern = fullfile(pathstr, ['*',ext]);
myFiles = dir(filePattern);

ListOfImageNames = {}; % Initialize
  for Index = 1:length(myFiles)
    % Get the base filename and extension.
    baseFileName = myFiles(Index).name;
    [folder, name, extension] = fileparts(baseFileName);
    % Examine extensions for ones we want.
    extension = upper(extension);
    switch lower(extension)
      case {'.jpg', '.tif','tiff'}
        % Keep only PNG, BMP, JPG, TIF, or AVI image files.
        ListOfImageNames = [ListOfImageNames baseFileName];
  %         otherwise
    end
    end

  % Now we have a list of validated filenames that we want.
  % Send the list of validated filenames to the listbox.
  set(handles.listbox2, 'string', ListOfImageNames);
drawnow;

To make this a stand alone function I will need to pass in the listbox name, "istbox2" in this case. How can I pass the listbox name as a variable to the function so I can apply to any listbox.

Thanks Jason

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

You could pass handles.listbox2 (or as appropriate) to the function, which could then set() against the variable that holds that.

Or you could pass a string to the function, such as in the variable BoxName . Then you could

set( handles.(BoxName), ...)

[Jason]

Thankyou