--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/m-toolbox/classes/@workspaceBrowser/getSelectedVarNames.m	Wed Nov 23 19:22:13 2011 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+% GETSELECTEDVARNAMES returns a cell-array of the variable names of objects selected in the
+% workspace browser.
+%
+%
+function vars = getSelectedVarNames(wb)
+  
+  svars = wb.hdl.getSelectedPaths;
+  
+  vars = {};
+  for kk=1:numel(svars)
+    var = char(svars(kk));
+    var = strrep(var, 'workspace,', '');
+    var = strrep(var, '[', '');
+    var = strrep(var, ']', '');
+    var = strrep(var, ' ', '');
+    var = strrep(var, ',', '.');
+    vars = [vars {var}];
+  end
+  
+end