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inputdlg
Create and open input dialog box
Syntax
answer=inputdlg(prompt)
answer=inputdlg(prompt,dlg_title)
answer=inputdlg(prompt,dlg_title,num_lines)
answer=inputdlg(prompt,dlg_title,num_lines,defAns)
answer=inputdlg(prompt,dlg_title,num_lines,defAns,options)
Description
answer=inputdlg(prompt)createsamodaldialogboxandreturnsuserinputformultiplepromptsinthe
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moreinformation,seeWindowStyleinFigureProperties.
answer=inputdlg(prompt,dlg_title)dlg_titlespecifiesatitleforthedialogbox.
answer=inputdlg(prompt,dlg_title,num_lines)num_linesspecifiesthenumberoflinesforeachuser
enteredvalue.num_linescanbeascalar,columnvector,oramx2array.
Ifnum_linesisascalar,itappliestoallprompts.
Ifnum_linesisacolumnvector,eachelementspecifiesthenumberoflinesofinputforaprompt.
Ifnum_linesisanarray,itmustbesizemby2,wheremisthenumberofpromptsonthedialogbox.
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secondcolumnspecifiesthewidthofthefieldincharacters.
answer=inputdlg(prompt,dlg_title,num_lines,defAns)defAnsspecifiesthedefaultvaluetodisplayfor
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strings.
answer=inputdlg(prompt,dlg_title,num_lines,defAns,options)Ifoptionsisthestring'on',thedialog
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arerecognized:
Field
Description
Resize
Canbe'on'or'off'(default).If'on',thewindowisresizablehorizontally.
WindowStyle
Canbeeither'normal'or'modal'(default).
Interpreter
Canbeeither'none'(default)or'tex'.Ifthevalueis'tex',thepromptstringsare
renderedusingLaTeX.
IftheuserclickstheCancelbuttontocloseaninputdlgbox,thedialogreturnsanemptycellarray:
answer=
{}
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Examples
Example1
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prompt={'Entermatrixsize:','Entercolormapname:'};
dlg_title='Input';
num_lines=1;
def={'20','hsv'};
answer=inputdlg(prompt,dlg_title,num_lines,def);
Example2
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string,soconvertthestringtonumbersusingstr2num.
x=inputdlg('Enterspaceseparatednumbers:',...
'Sample',[150]);
data=str2num(x{:});
Example3
Createadialogboxtodisplayinputfieldsofdifferentwidths.
x=inputdlg({'Name','Telephone','Account'},...
'Customer',[150;112;17]);
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Example4
[Link],usetheoptionstomakeitresizableandnotmodal,and
tointerpretthetextusingLaTeX.
prompt={'Enterthematrixsizeforx^2:',...
'Enterthecolormapname:'};
name='InputforPeaksfunction';
numlines=1;
defaultanswer={'20','hsv'};
answer=inputdlg(prompt,name,numlines,defaultanswer);
[Link]='on';
[Link]='normal';
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answer=inputdlg(prompt,name,numlines,...
defaultanswer,options);
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MoreAbout
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Tips
inputdlgusestheuiwaitfunctiontosuspendexecutionuntiltheuserresponds.
Thereturnedvariableanswerisacellarraycontainingstrings,onestringpertextentryfield,startingfrom
thetopofthedialogbox.
Toconvertamemberofthecellarraytoanumber,[Link],youcanaddthefollowing
codetotheendofanyoftheexamplesbelow:
%Usecurlybracketforsubscript
[valstatus]=str2num(answer{1});
if~status
%Handleemptyvaluereturned
%forunsuccessfulconversion
%...
end
%valisascalarormatrixconvertedfromthefirstinput
Userscanenterscalarorvectorvaluesintoinputdlgfieldsstr2numconvertsspaceandcomma
delimitedstringsintorowvectors,[Link],if
answer{1}contains'123;456+7i',theconversionproduces:
val=str2num(answer{1})
val=
1.00002.00003.0000
4.00005.00006.0000+7.0000i
SeeAlso
dialog|errordlg|figure|helpdlg|input|listdlg|msgbox|questdlg|str2num|uiresume|uiwait|
warndlg
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