--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/m-toolbox/classes/@param/getVal.m	Wed Nov 23 19:22:13 2011 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+% GETVAL returns the default value of a param.
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%
+% DESCRIPTION: GETVAL returns the default value of a param
+%
+% CALL:        val = getVal(param);
+%
+% VERSION:     $Id: getVal.m,v 1.7 2011/02/22 15:42:33 hewitson Exp $
+%
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+function varargout = getVal(varargin)
+  
+  pin = varargin{1};
+  
+  if numel(pin) ~= 1 || nargin ~= 1
+    error('### This method works only with one param object. It might be that the PLIST have two parameter with the key [%s]', pin(1).key);
+  end
+
+  if isa(pin.val, 'paramValue') && ~isempty(pin.val) && (pin.val.valIndex >= 1)
+    varargout{1} = pin.val.options{pin.val.valIndex};
+    return;
+  end
+    
+  varargout{1} = pin.val;
+   
+end