switch function case{name}

Hi folk, Please, is there any way to give a case a name instead of number and then call the case by clicking its name on command window. I mean showing all the cases name on the command window ( like an active name) so when we click on it, it will be input, all this to avoid typing the case name.

Material=input(Please Enter ...) switch Material case{name1}.... case{2}.... case{3}.... end

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Yes. See http://blogs.mathworks.com/community/2007/07/09/printing-hyperlinks-to-the-command-window/

[Abdulaziz]

Thank you Walter for the link you attached

Answer 2

[Harshit]

Here is an example from mathworks

    % x = [12, 64, 24];
plottype = 'pie3';
switch plottype
    case 'bar' 
        bar(x)
        title('Bar Graph')
    case {'pie','pie3'}
        pie3(x)
        title('Pie Chart')
        legend('First','Second','Third')
    otherwise
        warning('Unexpected plot type. No plot created.');
end

[Harshit]

See this http://www.mathworks.in/help/matlab/ref/switch.html

[Abdulaziz]

Thanks Harshit

Answer 3

[Matt Fig]

This might be a case where a little pushbutton input GUI would be of service. For exmaple, save this as gui_input then call it like this (you can pass only 2, 3, 4 or any number of strings):

T = gui_input({'Iron';'Copper';'Steel';'Lead';'Oxygen'})

Here is the function:

function [C] = gui_input(C)
% How to get inputs from pushbuttons.
S.fh = figure('name','Choose a Material',...
              'menubar','none',...
              'numbert','off',...
              'pos',[100 100 300 300]);        
LC = numel(C);
H = (300 - (LC+1)*20)/LC;
P = [10 10 280 H];

for ii = 1:LC
    uicontrol('Style','push',...
              'Units','pix',...
              'Position',P + [0 (ii-1)*(H+20) 0 0],...
              'CallBack',@callb,...
              'String',C{ii});
end

movegui('center')
guidata(S.fh,S)
uiwait(S.fh)

try
    S = guidata(S.fh);
    C = S.C;
    close(S.fh)
catch
    C = [];  
end

function [] = callb(varargin)
% Callback for the edit box 1
S = guidata(gcbf);  % Get the structure.
S.C = get(gcbo,'string');
guidata(S.fh,S)
uiresume(S.fh)

[Abdulaziz]

Thank you Matt. I tried to use gui_input with switch function where i have 5 materials (5 cases) but i still can not make it works

[Jan]

@Abdulaziz: Please explain the occurring problems with any details. We cannot suggest an improvement based on "cannot make it working".