function object = getList(list,name);
%getList - get an object from a list based on the name of the objects.
%
% Parameter:    list	         	The list to be searched
% Parameter:    name			Name to search for
% Returns:      object		    	The object found
%
% Example(s):
%   tfplan = getList(ex.tflist,'Zipper'); 
%
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% Copyright (C):                                        
%       1999 by Telia Research AB, Lulea, Sweden;                
%       2000-2002 by Forschungszentrum Telekommunikation Wien, Austria;
%                                                         All rights reserved.
% Project       : The FTW simulator
% Author(s)     : Tomas Nordstrom (Tomas.Nordstrom@FTW.at)
%               : Daniel Bengtsson (Daniel.J.Bengtsson@Telia.se)
%               : Steffen Trautmann (trautmann@ftw.at)
%
% CVS:       $Id: getList.m,v 1.5 2002/01/25 12:43:32 tono Exp $
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% Change History
%      1999-02-25 (ToNo) Created
%      2002-01-17 (StTr) Slow 'for'-loop replaced by equivalent code
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found_idx=find(strcmp({list.name},name));

%Check if we found anything and take care of multiple entries
if isempty(found_idx)
    warning(sprintf('Object %s not found in the list!', name));
    object=[];
else
    len_found_idx=length(found_idx);
    if len_found_idx>1                                            
        warning(sprintf('There are multiple entries of object %s in the list!', name));
    end
    
    % Choose first entry if list has multiple entries with the same name
    % object=list(found_idx(1));  

    % Choose last entry if list has multiple entries with the same name
    % (for full compatibility to old version)
    object=list(found_idx(len_found_idx));  
end