Write and Test 3 functions to convert month number to month name

 Write and test 3 MATLAB functions month2nameA, month2nameB, month2nameC 
to convert the numerical month of the year into the name of that month. 
Assume 1=January to 12=December. and use a set of only "if" statements for month2nameA use a set of "elseif" statements for month2nameB use a "switch" statement for month2nameC. 
I then have to write a test script called TestMonths which uses a for loop, to display all 
the names from each function month2nameA, month2nameB, month2nameC. 
The name of each month should appear together 3 times (I.e. once for each 
function, then move to the next month in the list/loop). 

My first function i think is something along the lines of:
 function [months] = month2nameA (MonthNumber)
  months = {'January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', ...
    'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December'};
  monthNumber = 3; 
  if monthNumber > 1 && monthNumber < length(months)
    theMonth = months{monthNumber}
  end

My second function is:

   function [months] = month2nameB (MonthNumber)
    months = {'January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', ...
      'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December'};
    monthNumber = ;
    if monthNumber > 1 && monthNumber < length(months)
      theMonth = months{monthNumber};
    elseif monthNumber == 1
        theMonth = 'January';
    elseif monthNumber == 12
        theMonth = 'December';
    else
        theMonth = 'Invalid Month Number'
    end
    end

My 3rd function is

function [months] = month2namec (MonthNumber)
switch (monthNumber);
  case {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12};
    fprintf('You picked month %s\n', months{'January', 'February'...
            'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September'...
            'October', 'November', 'December'});
  otherwise
    fprintf('Invalid month number of %d', monthNumber);
end
end

I know none of these are exactly correct but could anyone help where I am going wrong in these, and how I would construct these functions correctly to test them and then be able to put them in the 'for' loop.
Thank you.

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

You need to correct the logic in your if statement to allow January and December:

monthNumber >= 1 && monthNumber <= length(months)

replacing ‘>’ with ‘>=’ and ‘<’ with ‘<=’ respectively. The others I didn’t test.

[Jim Hamill]

Oh yea thanks, I meant to have it that way for my second function because I was not sure what I could use an 'elseif' statement for in the second function

[Star Strider]

My pleasure!

You need to be sure to include that logic in your first two functions. The third uses a different approach, so it’s safe.