How to get input from user without asking to press enter?

How to get input from user without asking to press enter at MATLAB prompt?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

The ability to take input from user without asking to press enter is not directly available through any of the features in any of the MATLAB releases.

As a possible workaround, WAITFORBUTTONPRESS and 'CurrentCharacter' can be used. Following is an illustrative example:

w = waitforbuttonpress;

if w

       p = get(gcf, 'CurrentCharacter');

       disp(p) %displays the character that was pressed

       disp(double(p))  %displays the ascii value of the character that was pressed    

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