xxsimGetValue

 xxsimGetValue - gets specified values.

 Syntax: 
   retval = xxsimGetValue('varName')

 Inputs:
   varName =  name of a variable including hierarchy 
              e.g 'PID.Kd' reads variable 'Kd' in submodel 'PID'.
   
 Outputs: 
   retval = value of the requested variable.
 
 Examples:
    retval = xxsimGetValue('time')
        Get the current value for the variable time.

 See also: xxsimGetVariables

 Author: Controllab Products B.V.
 email: info@controllab.nl
 Website: http://www.controllab.nl
 September 2013

0001 function retval = xxsimGetValue(varName)
0002 % xxsimGetValue - gets specified values.
0003 %
0004 % Syntax:
0005 %   retval = xxsimGetValue('varName')
0006 %
0007 % Inputs:
0008 %   varName =  name of a variable including hierarchy
0009 %              e.g 'PID.Kd' reads variable 'Kd' in submodel 'PID'.
0010 %
0011 % Outputs:
0012 %   retval = value of the requested variable.
0013 %
0014 % Examples:
0015 %    retval = xxsimGetValue('time')
0016 %        Get the current value for the variable time.
0017 %
0018 % See also: xxsimGetVariables
0019 %
0020 % Author: Controllab Products B.V.
0021 % email: info@controllab.nl
0022 % Website: http://www.controllab.nl
0023 % September 2013
0024 
0025 %------------- BEGIN CODE --------------
0026     %check input arguments
0027     if ~ischar(varName)
0028         error('Argument not a string');
0029     end
0030 
0031     retvalStr = xxsimGetVariables(varName);
0032     retval = retvalStr.values;
0033     
0034 end
0035 %------------- END OF CODE --------------