Print corresponding value in Cell Array

Hi, I want to write a function which maps a logical array to a cell array: For example, I have this array:

AB 2300 J  1500

BC 992  J  2300

Now I want to request userinput (select a value of the first column). If someone selects "AB", I want to have printed the corresponding value in the row, namely 1500. I struggle to find a good solution,so if anyone can help out, it would be great!

Cheers, PR

Answer 1

[Sumeet Gadagkar]

Hello,

I hope the following code snippet helps you,

    A = {'AB' '2300' 'J' '1500'
         'BC' '992' 'J' '2300'};
    in = input('Enter Input\n','s');
    out = A(find(strcmp(A,in)),end);

The "strcmp" function is used to find the location of the string matching the input and then logical indexing is performed to get the desired output.