switch case and menu command

I'm trying to create a code that convert in,ft,cm,mm to m(meters). but as i run the code, it give me a list at the left side. what im trying to do is first i will chose what i want to be converted i'ts either in,ft,cm, and mm, then i will enter a number to be converted then the result will show or pop up.

choice = menu('Choose a unit','in','ft','cm','mm');
m = input('Input a value to be converted:');
result = (m);

switch choice
      case 'in'
          result = result*0.0254;
      case 'cm'
          result = result/100;
      case 'mm'
          result = result/1000;
      case 'ft'
          result = result/0.3048;
end

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

menu() does not return the string that was chosen: it returns the index of the string. So for example if 'ft' were chosen, that is the second possibility, so menu() would return 2.

Answer 2

[Stephen23]

The menu documentation tell us that menu returns the index of the selected button, not the string of the button. Try this:

U = {'in','ft','cm','mm'};
C = menu('Choose a unit',U{:});
V = str2double(input('Input a value to be converted: ','s'));
switch U{C}
    case 'in'
    ... your code
end

Note that I also replaced the insecure input(...) call with str2double(input(...,'s')), which prevents any arbitrary code being executed.