function [StimulusVariable] = recode_var(triggers, cond)
% this function recodes the trigger variable into a dichotomous variable
% in which the values in the cond vector are coded as '1's and all other
% values coded as '0's. 
eq = zeros(length(triggers(:,1)),length(cond(:,1)));
StimulusVariable = zeros(length(triggers(:,1)),1);
for i = 1:length(triggers(:,1))
    for k = 1:length(cond(:,1))
        if triggers(i,1) == cond(k,1)
            eq(i,k) = eq(i,k) + 1;
        end
    end
end
for i = 1:length(triggers(:,1))
    if any(eq(i,:)) == 1 
        StimulusVariable(i,1) = StimulusVariable(i,1) + 1;
    end
end