Creating a column vector of strings of various sizes

hey so as the title says, I need to create a database / 'library'. I need to save each 'book' entered by the user ( the total amount of books entered is unknown, i.e. can enter as many as they want)into a vertical vector. Ive tried using strvcat and char and other methods to add elements to an empty vector but I keep getting dimension errors. Please help

cheers

Answer 1

[KSSV]

books = cell(3,1) ;

books{1} = 'MATLAB';
books{2} = 'MAT';
books{3} = 'LAB';

Read about cell

[Gian Carpinelli]

I dont think will apply? as the user can enter in as many 'books' as they want and there is no way of knowing ahead of time how many that is. Just realised I may be able to use this if I implement a counter, and have books{i} = book title

[KSSV]

books = cell([],1) ;

for i = 1:3
    book = input('Book Name:','s') ;
    books{i,1} = book ;
end

[Gian Carpinelli]

does this only work for 3 entries of the book though?