Single prompt for large set of variables

Hi I have huge set of variables that require an input from the user I would like to prompt them for all of them at once. I cannot figure out how to use inputdlg() from the documentation. I'm currently using,

a = input('prompt')

b = input('prompt')

c = input('prompt')

d = input('prompt')

I want to find a better way to do this. Can someone help?

[Walter Roberson]

The only trick for inputdlg() is that it returns a cell array of character vectors and you have to convert the character vectors to numeric if appropriate.

[Stephen23]

You can use str2double.

Answer 1

[Steven Lord]

How huge is the "huge set of variables"? If your function requires the user to enter hundreds or thousands of values, I would advise you not to require them to use input. Write a function that accepts data passed as input arguments. If you really want to allow your users to type the inputs in manually you can then write a script that calls input and passes that data into the function as input arguments. Users that already have the data in a form your function can accept can bypass the script and directly call the function.

[Sreenidhi Yeturi]

This is the method I came up with. Thanks