select_taxon
selects a taxon from list
Contents
created 2016/02/25 by Bas Kooijman, modified 2018/06/14
Syntax
[taxon, s, v] = select_taxon (list, level)
Description
select a taxon from a list of all possibilities
Input:
- list: optional input with cell-vector of possible taxa (default: 'Animalia')
- level: optional integer for level selection (default: 0)
0 all taxa, including leaves 1 all taxa, excluding leaves 2 leaves (names with "_") 3 genera only (names before first "_") 4 families only (names ending on "idae") 5 orders only (match with allStat.mat) 6 classes only (match with allStat.mat, but does not work for Reptilia) 7 phyla only (match with allStat.mat)
Output:
- taxon: string with name of taxon
- s: index of taxon in the list
- v: 0 when no selection is made, or 1 when a selection is made
Remarks
taxon and s are empty, and v = 0, if cancel has been selected. taxon is 'Animalia', and v = 1, if no selection has been made and OK is selected
Example of use
select_taxon % for all taxa, including leaves
select_taxon('',4) % for family names only
select_taxon(list_taxa('Insecta',3)) % for insect genera