function [ret_times,ret_values,ret_names]=get_param_subset(use_params,times,values,names) ret_times={}; ret_values={}; ret_names={}; ret_idx=1; for par_idx=1:size(use_params,1) found_= strcmp(names,use_params(par_idx)); if max(found_)==1 ret_times{ret_idx}=times{found_}; ret_values{ret_idx}=values{found_}; ret_names{ret_idx}=names{found_}; ret_idx=ret_idx+1; end end end