tomwalters@0: % method of class @parameter
tomwalters@0: % 
bleeck@3: % (c) 2011, University of Southampton
bleeck@3: % Maintained by Stefan Bleeck (bleeck@gmail.com)
bleeck@3: % download of current version is on the soundsoftware site: 
bleeck@3: % http://code.soundsoftware.ac.uk/projects/aimmat
bleeck@3: % documentation and everything is on http://www.acousticscale.org
tomwalters@0: function nr=getentrynumberbytext(param,text,inbox)
tomwalters@0: 
tomwalters@0: nr=-1;
tomwalters@0: 
tomwalters@0: 
tomwalters@0: 
tomwalters@0: if nargin<3 % search in all subsections
tomwalters@0:     inbox='all';
tomwalters@0: end
tomwalters@0: 
tomwalters@0: cont=param.entries;
tomwalters@0: nrent=length(cont);
tomwalters@0: 
tomwalters@0: 
tomwalters@0: % text can be a string or a number
tomwalters@0: if isstr(text) % if its a sting then look for the member number
tomwalters@0:     % first search for the exact fit
tomwalters@0:     for i=1:nrent
tomwalters@0:         if strcmp(cont{i}.text,text) && (strcmp(cont{i}.panel,inbox) || strcmp(inbox,'all'))
tomwalters@0:             nr=i;
tomwalters@0:             return
tomwalters@0:         end
tomwalters@0:     end
tomwalters@0:     
tomwalters@0:     
tomwalters@0:     % then search for the abbreviation
tomwalters@0:     for i=1:nrent
tomwalters@0:         if ~isempty(strfind(cont{i}.text,text)) && (strcmp(cont{i}.panel,inbox) || strcmp(inbox,'all'))
tomwalters@0:             nr=i;
tomwalters@0:             return
tomwalters@0:         end
tomwalters@0:     end
tomwalters@0: else
tomwalters@0:     nr=text; % in this case we wanted to access it by the number
tomwalters@0: end
tomwalters@0: