repeat the same function on multiple variables/handles

i have 20 handles that I set to enable on, i.e. set(handle,'enable','on') and the same thing with off.

Is there a more efficient way to do this than using the set function 20 times? For example, is there a way to pass a list of the handles to a function that will repeat a function over the entire list?

Answer 1

[dpb]

set accepts a handle vector and operates on each. Just use the array form. Note the property name and value can be cell arrays as well. See

doc set  % for details

[Victor]

Thanks. Is there a way to do something similar with a more generic function than set? for example if I have 20 string variables and I want to add an 's' to the end of every string.

[dpb]

Sure...almost every Matlab builtin is vectorized. And, you can write your own functions in almost every case to also use vectors/arrays as inputs and generate same.

Looks like you need to go to the documentation and start at the "Getting Started" section and work through the examples of how Matlab works to get a feel for using it.