input

Display prompt and wait for user input.

📝 Syntax

• r = input(prompt_str)

• r = input(prompt_str, 's')

📥 Input argument

• prompt_str - a string: temp. prompt displayed

📤 Output argument

• r - a string

📄 Description

Display prompt and wait for user input. input returns a string which is the expression entered at keyboard.

💡 Example

res = input('Please input a value ', 's');
r = execstr(['A = ', res, ';'], 'errcatch');
if (r)
  disp('It was a value.');
  disp(A)
else
 disp('It was NOT a value.');
end

🔗 See also

execstr.

🕔 History

Version	📄 Description
1.0.0	initial version