Algorithm with inputdlg command

¡Hello everyone!, I need your collaboration with this algorithm, this must be written on a script.

• Make a menu that allows the following:

MAIN MENU

1. Read the name and identification number (ID) of the user.
2. Print the name and the user identification number (ID) on the screen.
3. Indicate whether the user is over or under 30 years old.
4. Exit.

Make use of the CASE structure for this menu and develop each option.

Thanks.

[Walter Roberson]

Please show what you have achieved so far.

[Jimmy]

Sir, I appreciate all the help, because I don't even know how to start this.

[Walter Roberson]

Please edit this question to have a better title, as the current title has no information about what you are trying to do; your title could apply to most questions that are posted here.

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Hints:

1. inputdlg()
2. fprintf()
3. "if" statement
4. return

[Jimmy]

I don't really know how to start writing this, please I'm in need of more help.

[Image Analyst]

Look in the help. See how the example for inputdlg() asks the user for two entries, just like you want to do? Well, just adapt that code. There are also examples for fprintf(), I'm sure.

[Image Analyst]

Was there something about this

prompt = {'Enter matrix size:','Enter colormap name:'};
dlg_title = 'Input for peaks function';
num_lines = 1;
def = {'20','hsv'};
answer = inputdlg(prompt,dlg_title,num_lines,def);

that's unusually difficult to adapt? Why can't you just say "Enter your name" instead of "Enter matrix size" and "Enter your age" instead of "Enter colormap name"? Did you try that? To get numbers instead of cells, you might do this:

theirAge = str2double(answer{2})

[Jimmy]

This in my actual code and it works, thanks for the hints.

dlg_prompts = {'Username:','Age:'};
dlg_title = 'Menu';
dlg_defaults = {'',''};
opts.Resize = 'on';  % A structure
dlg_ans = inputdlg(dlg_prompts,dlg_title,1,dlg_defaults,opts);
if isempty(dlg_ans) % If I close the menu
  h=warndlg('You just closed the menu.');
else
  username = char(dlg_ans(1));
  userage = str2double(dlg_ans(2));
  switch logical(true)
      case userage < 0 || isnan(userage)
          abc=('and you are confused.');
      case userage > 30
          abc=('and is over 30.');
      case userage < 30 
          abc=('and is under 30.');
      otherwise
          abc=('.');
  end
  M = sprintf('The user %s, is years old %d years(s) %s\n',username,userage,abc);
  m=msgbox(M);
end
waitfor(m);

Answer 2

[Jan]

Reading the "Getting Started" chapters of the documentation is a good point to start from. Then define the problem exactly. E.g. "read the name" could mean reading a handwritten name on a sheet of paper, reading from an USB stick or computer readable batch, from the keyboard of from a list on the hard disk.

The indication whether the user is over or under 30 years old, is not clear also: How do you want to decide this?

[Jimmy]

It's like "introduce your name, ID and age" on the fields, then print all of this on screen and the indication whether the user is over or under 30 years old is with the "if" statement and/or using "switch case", finally the program will show: "you're over 30 years old" or "you're under 30 years old".

Thanks for your time.

[Jan]

Sorry, James, this still demands for too much guessing. What is "on the fields"? Does "print on screen" mean a text in a figure or in the command line? How is the age indicated? Please try to be a clear as possible and consider, that we do not have the faintest idea of what you are wanting to achieve. The less we have to guess, the more efficient and likely is a helpful answer.

I assume, that this is a homework question.