I've got the answer to my own question. Here it is: childs=get(gca,'children'); rowDim= get(childs(length(childs)),'YData'); numOfRows=rowDim(2); for n=1:numOfRows g={get(childs(n),'string')}; genelst(n)=g; end
Thanks for suffering my niave understanding of figures and handle. Hope this helps other figure newbies. John Rodgers