How do I find all entries in an object array with a certain property

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Hi all, this is my first time attempting an object orientated program in Matlab so please bear with me. I have created an object array that for each object in the array has the properties 'Position' and 'Value'. Position saves the position within the array and Value will be either 0 or 1. I would like to be able to find the position of all entries with a 1 as the value. In a normal array I would have used the 'find' command. I have tried using 'findobj' but this results in an error saying I cannot use the method findobj on a class handle. Is there another way I can do this? My code atm is
classdef ObjectArray
properties
Value
Position
Timer
NbH1
NbH2
end
methods
function Cell = ObjectArray(M)
if nargin ~= 0
m = size(M,1);
n = size(M,2);
Cell(m,n) = ObjectArray;
for i = 1:m
for j = 1:n
Cell(i,j).Value = M(i,j);
Cell(i,j).Position=[i,j];
end
end
end
end
end
end
Thanks for the help, Carla

Answers (2)

Benjamin Kraus
Benjamin Kraus on 13 Feb 2018
There are a variety of ways you can do this. The most straightforward is to use arrayfun:
arr = ObjectArray(rand(10)>0.5);
ind = arrayfun(@(o) o.Value == 1, arr);
pos = vertcat(arr(ind).Position);
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Benjamin Kraus
Benjamin Kraus on 13 Feb 2018
Another option is to overload find for your class, and internally call arrayfun (or any other internal implementation you want):
classdef ObjectArray
...
methods
function ind = find(objarr)
ind = arrayfun(@(o) o.Value == 1, objarr);
end
end
end

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per isakson
per isakson on 17 Jan 2020
Edited: per isakson on 17 Jan 2020
Another approach
>> cc = ClassC( 12 );
>> [cc.a]
ans =
17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
>> [cc([4,7,11]).a] = deal(1);
>> [cc.a]
ans =
17 17 17 1 17 17 1 17 17 17 1 17
This was a matlabish way to create a sample object array. Now find() finds the ones this way
>> find([cc.a]==1)
ans =
4 7 11
>>
where
classdef ClassC < handle
properties
a double = 17;
end
methods
function this = ClassC( n )
if nargin >= 1
this( 1, n ) = ClassC();
end
end
end
end

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