Requesting input in a certain format.

Suppose we should get 4 variables such as age,gender,height,birth date, instead of taking it in four lines I want to take input in a certain matrix such as [a b c d], where a,b,c,d are required variables say a= age, b=gender,c=height,d=birth date.

so if I give [40 'm' 5.7 6.15.1995], it show acquire the values for further processes . How can I do it?

Thank you.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Use the 's' option for input() to get a string, and then parse the string.

Alternately, require that the user enter

{40 'm' 5.7 '6.15.1995'}

the {} is required in order to mix numeric and string.

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

I don't know why you want to "take it as a matrix". Why not simply use inputdlg where you get one field for each entry, or else build your own GUI with GUIDE and have edit fields for each?

Maybe you'd like to take a look at MAGIC: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/24224-magic-matlab-generic-imaging-component