Executing functions based on user input

Hi all,

I am trying to create a way for a user to type in a string of charactors that executes a funciton. I have written the following code to do so:

userString = input('What program would you like: ','s');

if userString == 'nice name one'
    nastyFunctionOne;
elseif userString == 'nice name two but longer'
    nastyFuncitonTwo;
else
    fprintf('you had a typo');
end


function nastyFunctionOne
    fprintf('the first funciton executed\n');
end

function nastyFuncitonTwo
    fprintf('the second function executed\n');
end

The problem with this is that the first userString and the second userString do not have the same matrix dimensions, so when a user types in "nice name two but longer" errors fly up and 'nastyFuncitonTwo' does not execute.

How would I make it so that the matrix dimmensions agree and the second (or more) funciton will run?

Thanks

Answer 1

[Wilmer Alexander - Conferencista en Automatización y Robótica más influyente en Iberoamérica]

clc
clear all
userString = input('What program would you like: ','s')
switch userString
    case 'nice name one'
        nastyFunctionOne;
    case 'nice name two but longer'
        nastyFuncitonTwo;
    otherwise
        fprintf('you had a typo');
end
function nastyFunctionOne
    fprintf('the first funciton executed\n');
end
function nastyFuncitonTwo
    fprintf('the second function executed\n');
end

[Wilmer Alexander - Conferencista en Automatización y Robótica más influyente en Iberoamérica]

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