Problem 1408. Given the name from the legend, return the handle

Created by Michael C.

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Muthu Annamalai on 6 Apr 2013

Can you give us any hints? I tried findobj() but can't make progress!

Michael C. on 8 Apr 2013

You are on the right track with findobj(). The trick is what the call to "legend" does to the objects that make the solution very simple.

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