Help with set(handles.text) for a GUI

I am creating a GUI where there are several "boxes" that should be filled in with numerical values by the user.

At one point, I would like to change all the values of those boxes to 5 (for example) and that the user can see the 5 inside those boxes.

As there are many boxes, I would like to do it automatically with a "for" loop.

This is how I am trying to do it:

%%%Example of the code %%%

List = {'text1', 'text2', 'text3'};

for index = 1:length(List)

      set(handles.List{index},'String',5);

end

%%%End of example %%%

However, Matlab returns the following error message:

Reference to non-existent field 'List'.

I understand that this is because the names of the boxes are "text1", "text2" and "text3" and not "List".

However, if I write "List{1}" on the command window, it gives back text1 (and if I put List(1) it gives back 'text1').

Therefore, I was hoping that set(handle) would recognise the value of each element of List (text1, text2 and text3) instead of List itself.

I am trying to do it that way in order to avoid doing it in the following way:

%%%Coding I want to avoid %%%

set(handles.text1,'String',5);

set(handles.text2,'String',5);

set(handles.text3,'String',5);

%%%End %%%

Am I missing something?

Is there another way to achieve what I am trying to do?

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

        set(handles.(List{index}),'String',5);

[IKER ARRIEN]

Thank you Walter

Answer 2

[Jan]

You are almost there:

List = {'text1', 'text2', 'text3'};
for index = 1:length(List)
  set(handles.(List{index}), 'String', '5');
  %           ^           ^
end

Only the marked parentheses have been missing to use "dynamic fieldnames".

Alternatively:

handles.List = [handles.text1, handles.text2, handles.text3];
set(handles.List, 'String', '5');

If you have different strings, you can use a cell string in column shape:

set(handles.List, {'String'}, {'5'; '6'; '7'});

Then the property must be a cell string also.

[IKER ARRIEN]

Thank you Jan.

I am sorry that I cannot accept more than one answer.

You have my upvote though.