Name Storing in a While Loop

while (true)
f=input('Enter First Name:','s');
l=input('Enter Last Name:','s');
s1=strvcat(f,l)
if( strcmpi(f,'Jed') );
break
end
end
I need help here. My goal with this code is to be able to store names using the command strvcat. However, I'm having trouble integrating it. Any suggestions?

4 Comments

I think you are close. If someone entered
f = Tommy
l = Thomas
then
f = Sally
l = Sampson
then
f = Jed
l = Jameson
what do you want your final output to look like?
We need more detail. As written, s1 gets overwritten at each iteration, so it is not clear what you want as a final result. Do you want to accumulate all of the first & last name inputs into a single variable? E.g., a cell array of strings?
Ok, so basically I would like a 2 column matrix with first and last names next to each other.
And yes, I would like to accumulate first and last names.

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 Accepted Answer

E.g., using a cell array of strings,
names = cell(0,2);
while (true)
f=input('Enter First Name:','s');
l=input('Enter Last Name:','s');
names(end+1,:) = {f l};
if( strcmpi(f,'Jed') );
break
end
end

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