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+function newstruct = evaluatefilter2(cellvar, filterString)
+%
+% out = evaluatefilter(cellvar, filterString)
+%
+% Return a cell array the same size as the input cell structure.  Each cell
+% contains a matrix where the first column is time and the second column is
+% 1's and zeros (true or false).
+%
+% CELLVAR - any cell structure, for example spikes{}{}{}{}.#### There must
+%           be a time field containing a vector of times.  All other fields
+%           are searcheable, and must be the same length as the time field.
+% FILTERSTRING - A string containing an expression with the field variables
+%               of CELLVAR.  Each field variable must be preceded with a
+%               '$'.
+%
+% Example: index = evaluatefilter2(linbehave,'(($lindist > 10) && ($velocity > 6))')
+
+
+newstruct = [];
+indexstruct = cellfetch(cellvar, '');
+[variables, expression] = parsefilterstring(filterString);
+for i = 1:size(indexstruct.index,1) 
+    structVar = [];
+    eval(['structVar = cellvar', createcellindex(indexstruct.index(i,:)),';']);
+    for j = 1:length(variables)
+        if isfield(structVar,variables{j})
+            if (size(getfield(structVar,variables{j}),1) ~= size(structVar.time,1))
+                error('Filter error: each seach field must be the same length as the time field');
+            end
+        else
+            error([variables{j},' field does not exist'])
+        end
+    end
+    eval(['tmpresult = ',expression,';']);
+    % if the data are column vectors, transpose them
+    if (size(tmpresult,2) > size(tmpresult,1))
+	tmpresult = tmpresult';
+    end
+    if (size(structVar.time,2) > size(structVar.time,1))
+	structVar.time = structVar.time';
+    end
+    eval(['newstruct', createcellindex(indexstruct.index(i,:)),'= [structVar.time tmpresult];']);
+end
+end
+