Set a variable equal to the string of the corresponding season.

I am trying to write a code that kicks out the corresponding season when a certain month is randomly generated.

For this I need to create a variable named season equal to the string corresponding season (spring, summer, fall, winter)

I have the following:

BD = randi(12)

if BD >2 & BD <6
    season = Spring
elseif BD >5 & BD <9
    season = Summer
elseif BD >8 & BD <12
    season = Fall
else BD >11 & BD <3
    season=Winter
   
end

[Fangjun Jiang]

season='Spring'

season = 'Spring'

season="Fall"

season = "Fall"

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

seasons = categorical({'Spring', 'Summer', 'Fall', 'Winter'});
Spring = seasons(1); Summer = seasons(2); Fall = seasons(3); Winter = seasons(4);

BD = randi(12)

BD = 6

if BD >2 & BD <6
    season = Spring
elseif BD >5 & BD <9
    season = Summer
elseif BD >8 & BD <12
    season = Fall
else BD >11 & BD <3
    season=Winter 
end

season = categorical
     Summer 

Answer 2

[Steven Lord]

BD = (1:12).';
whichMonth = discretize(BD, ...
    [1 3 6 9 12 12], ...
    'categorical', ...
    ["Winter", "Spring", "Summer", "Fall", "Winter"]);
results = table(BD, whichMonth)

For values of BD in the range [1, 3) the value of whichMonth is the categorical value "Winter".

For values of BD in the range [3, 6) the value of whichMonth is the categorical value "Spring".

etc.

The last bin is handled differently as it includes both its left and right edge. The previous bins only included their left edges.

For values of BD in the range [12, 12] the value of whichMonth is the categorical value "Winter".