Matlab user input variable name

[anon0219]

Hi,

I am writing a program where I have the user input the name of two previously created vectors, the computer subtracts them and then generates a variable in the workspace. I was wondering if there was a way to let the user pick this name. I have so far (Y and N have been previously defined as 1 and 0):

subtract_data=input('Would you like to subtract any data sets? Y/N');
if subtract_data == 1
higher=input('Enter the name of the spectrum you would like to subtract from');
lower=input('Enter the name of the spectrum you are subtracting');
new_data=higher-lower;
filename=input('Input file name: ', 's');

...?

end

I am not sure where to go from here how to get the variable new_data to be titled what the user inputs as filename.

thanks

 

[MATLABdude]

Hi,

I am writing a program where I have the user input the name of two previously created vectors, the computer subtracts them and then generates a variable in the workspace. I was wondering if there was a way to let the user pick this name. I have so far (Y and N have been previously defined as 1 and 0):

subtract_data=input('Would you like to subtract any data sets? Y/N');
if subtract_data == 1
higher=input('Enter the name of the spectrum you would like to subtract from');
lower=input('Enter the name of the spectrum you are subtracting');
new_data=higher-lower;
filename=input('Input file name: ', 's');

...?

end

I am not sure where to go from here how to get the variable new_data to be titled what the user inputs as filename.

thanks

You can use the eval function to evaluate text strings:
http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/ref/eval.html

>> bob = 'eye(3)'
>> eval(bob)

would run the command to create a 3x3 identity matrix. Really helpful (if inefficient) command since you can generate stuff on the fly, e.g. plotting a variable number of datasets on a 2D graph.