CheckConsistency.m

function [ConsistentValue, Bool, CounterCell] = CheckConsistency( CellList )

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    %Method Description:
    %-------------------
    %
    % This method checks the entrys in CellList to be consistent (e.g. for 
    %checking if the sequence parameters are correct throughout 
    %the measurment). Both numeric values and strings can be checked.

    NumOfItems  = numel(CellList);
    CounterCell     = {};

    for ItemIndex = 2 : NumOfItems
        
        if isnumeric(CellList{ItemIndex})
            ItemString  = num2str(CellList{ItemIndex}); 
        else
            ItemString  = CellList{ItemIndex};
        end
        
        ListIndex   = find(cellfun(@(x) strcmpi(ItemString,x{1}), CounterCell ), 1);
        if isempty(ListIndex)
            CounterCell{end+1} = {ItemString,1};
        else
            CounterCell{1}{2}  = CounterCell{1}{2} + 1;
        end
        
    end
    
    if size(CounterCell,2) == 1
        Bool            = 1;
        if isnumeric(CellList{1})
            ConsistentValue = double(CellList{1});
        else
            ConsistentValue = CellList{1};
        end
    else
        Bool            = 0;
        ConsistentValue = 'inconsistent';
    end
    
end