Matrix Combination String and Number Inside

Hello all,

anybody knows how to make a matrix by input (not manual) with combination string and number inside?

example :

Lara 70 70

Donna 85 80

i've tried make that matrix but i just got error,,

this's my code

a= input ('Number of Participant :');

for c=1:a

b(c,1)= input ('What's your Name :','s');

b(c,2)= input ('What's your first score :');

b(c,3)= input ('What's your second score :');

end

disp(b)

i've tried anything but i just got error always,,

please help me

Answer 1

[Kye Taylor]

A string is not the same type as a number in MATLAB. One is type char, the other is (by default) type double. To store variables of two different types in one array, you need to use cell arrays. See http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/what-is-a-cell-array.html

Try

b{c,1} = input('What''s your Name:','s');
b{c,2} = input('What''s your first score :');
b{c,3} = input('What''s your second score :');

[baby]

Thx u :)

but do u know how to make indicator like number in input?

example :

The number of participant : 2

What's the name (1) : Andy

What's his/her value (1) : A

What's the name (2) : Juny

What's his/her value (2) : C

i want the number beside the text (ex : What's the name (1)) as indicator.

so in my example Andy is the first people and Juny is the second people.

can u help me? :)

[Kye Taylor]

Use the num2str function to convert the numeric iteration variable that's changing each time through the for loop to a char and construct a string to pass to the input function as follows:

for c = 1:a
  str1 = ['What''s the name (',num2str(c),') :']; % build strings
  str2 = ['What''s his/her value (',num2str(c),') :'];
  b{c,1} = input(str1,'s');
  b{c,2} = input(str2);
end

[Walter Roberson]

input(sprintf('What''s the name(%d):, c),'s')

Answer 2

[baby]

Thx u Kye Taylor,,

u really the best :)

and for Walter Roberson

Thx u so much :)