calcStatePositionPeriodicity.m

% This function is part of the NMSM Pipeline, see file for full license.
%
% This function calculates the difference between the starting and final
% state position for the specified coordinate. 
%
% (2D matrix, Cell, Array of string) -> (Number)
% 


function statePositionPeriodicity = calcStatePositionPeriodicity( ...
    statePositions, coordinateNames, coordinateName)
indx = find(strcmp(convertCharsToStrings(coordinateNames), ...
    coordinateName));
statePositionPeriodicity = diff(statePositions(:, indx));
end