Extract only part of a data sheet

Hi guys!

If i have an interface in which a user chooses a day and month, how do i extract only the data from that date?

Imagine I have: x= ['08-11-2014 07:45' '10-12-2014 08:00' '09-12-2014 08:15' '09-12-2014 08:30'];

and Y=[2 5 6 7]

If the user choose to study November 8th how do i extract only Y=[2].

Can you help?

Thanks!

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

Using the listdlg and msgbox functions (because I like them), this works:

x= ['08-11-2014 07:45'
    '10-12-2014 08:00'
    '09-12-2014 08:15'
    '09-12-2014 08:30'];

Y= [2
    5
    6
    7];

[dateidx,v] = listdlg('PromptString','Select a date', 'SelectionMode', 'Single', 'ListString',x);
msgbox(sprintf('The value corresponding to %s is %0.2f',x(dateidx,:),Y(dateidx)), 'Result');