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Attribute type enumerations for labeling

Description

Creation

Syntax

Description

attributeType(`'Numeric'`) creates a numeric attribute type enumeration. Attributes of this type are numeric scalar values. You can also use the programmatic format, attributeType.Numeric.

attributeType(`'String'`) creates a string attribute type enumeration. Attributes of this type are string scalars. You can also use the programmatic format, attributeType.String.

attributeType(`'Logical'`) creates a logical attribute type enumeration. Attributes of this type are true (logical1), false (logical 0), or an empty logical value. You can also use the programmatic format,attributeType.Logical.

attributeType(`'List'`) creates a list attribute type enumeration. Attributes of this type are lists of predefined strings. You can also use the programmatic format, attributeType.List.

example

attributeType(`'None'`) creates an enumeration whose type is not defined. You can also use the programmatic format,attributeType.None.

Object Functions

hasValue Determine if the attribute type is numeric or logical

Examples

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Create a label definition creator object and add a label named "Vehicle". Specify the type of label as a rectangle.

ldc = labelDefinitionCreator; addLabel(ldc,'Vehicle',labelType.Rectangle);

Add an attribute named "Color" to the label "Vehicle". Specify the attribute type as a list.

addAttribute(ldc,'Vehicle','Color',attributeType.List,{'White','Green','Blue'})

Display information about the attribute "Color" as a structure by using the info function. The Type field in the output structure colorStruct indicates the type of attribute.

colorStruct = info(ldc,'Vehicle/Color')

colorStruct = struct with fields: Name: "Color" Type: List ListItems: {'White' 'Green' 'Blue'} Description: ' '

Version History

Introduced in R2018b

See Also

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