How can I define a variable with a name based on an input?
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I want my script to create new variables whose names depend on an input, e.g.:
ship_name = input('Name of the ship: ','s');
[the string, ship_name, here]_name = ship_name %#ok<NOPTS>
I know I want the latter half of this second variable to be '_name', but how do I get the former half to be identical to the string input by the user, so this happens in the command window:
Name of the ship: Orange
Orange_name =
"Orange"
Over time, many different ships exist, such that there may be an Orange_name, a Green_name, and a Blue_name. My script will later know which ship it's working with:
ship_current = input('Which ship are you working with? ');
And I want it to return the string called Orange_name when ship_current = "Orange", the string called Green when ship_current = "Green", and so forth. This may seem useless, but there will also be ship_mass and ship_capacity variables, so the script will basically remember the details of each ship until they're needed later. I also think I can achieve the same thing by concatenating onto a cell containing this information, but I had this variable name idea and wanted to know if it was feasible to do this, regardless of how unnecessarily difficult it may be.
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Paolo
2018년 8월 14일
Very good advice Stephen. Sometimes I just focus on answering the question without seeing the bigger picture, I guess that comes with experience :)
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Paolo
2018년 8월 13일
If I am understanding your question correctly, you can use:
ship_name = input('Name of the ship: ','s');
assignin('base',strcat(ship_name,'_name'),ship_name);
Will create a variable named such as Orange_name with value Orange.
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Paolo
2018년 8월 13일
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2018년 8월 13일
You are welcome, happy to help.
The usage of the base or caller options depends as to whether you are calling the assignin function from a script or a function (if called by another function).
For a script, use base.
For a function ( let's call it callee ), you use caller to assign the variable to the workspace of the function that called callee.
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