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get_yes_or_no

08 May 2009 (Updated 18 Jun 2009)

Prompt user to provide a yes-or-no answer, with an optional default value.

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Description	get_yes_or_no(prompt,default) displays a prompt and reads a response from standard input. If the response is 'y', 'yes', 'Y', or "yes", a value of 1 is returned. If the response is 'n', 'no', 'N', or 'NO', a value of 0 is returned. If the user types 'quit' or 'exit', the program is stopped. If the user does not provide input and the optional default argument is present, the default value is returned. If none of these conditions is satisfied, an error message is generated and the prompt is displayed again.
MATLAB release	MATLAB 7.8 (R2009a)
Zip File Content
Other Files	get_yes_or_no.m, license.txt

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Everyone's Tags	binary, boolean, choice, input, io, yesorno
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Updates
18 Jun 2009	Version 2.1 implements workaround for Matlab compiler bug involving strtrim. (strtrim dies when the input string is empty).

Tag Activity for this File
Tag	Applied By	Date/Time
input	Phillip M. Feldman	08 May 2009 10:12:08
yesorno	Phillip M. Feldman	08 May 2009 10:12:08
binary	Phillip M. Feldman	08 May 2009 10:12:08
choice	Phillip M. Feldman	08 May 2009 10:12:08
boolean	Phillip M. Feldman	08 May 2009 10:12:08
io	Phillip M. Feldman	08 May 2009 10:12:08

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