Is it possible to incorporate a hyperlink within a string array that references a specific variable while in a for loop

Hello, I currently am writing a code that deals with the use of hyperlinks in MATLAB. I currently have a for loop that will set up a string array description. I would like this string array description to have a hyperlink in it that is associated with a specific variable that gets referenced in the for loop. In other words, when the hyperlink is clicked on, I would like the specific variable that was correlated with the specific for loop "i" value to be input into a function. The code below shows my attempt. As you can see I have a "names" vector with 3 names, and I would like the "descrip" array to have a hyperlink that allows me to run function "infoget" using a specific name (depending on the for loop iteration). I was hoping that the "descrip" array would store so that if I wanted the information associated with bob that would be in the "descrip{:,1}" position. So it becomes just a matter of calling that out, and clicking on the link.

names = ['bob' 'james' 'jim'];
for i = 1:length(names)
  descrip{:,i} = sprintf('%s<br>%s</br><br>',...
                         'The link below will bring up the following information for a specific name',...
                         '<a href="matlab: infoget(%s) ">Information</a>',names{i});
end

Answer 1

[the cyclist]

Your code will at least execute if you change

names = ['bob' 'james' 'jim']

to

names = {'bob' 'james' 'jim'}

Is that enough for you to see your way clear for any other corrections?

[Christopher Martinez]

Oh my apologies I needed that to be fixed, but when I click on the hyperlink, it seems to not correlate the %s inside of the function with the names{i}. It instead places the name 'bob' within the description array itself and appears as:

    {'The link below will bring up the following information for a specific name<br>Information</br><br>bob<br>'}

In addition I am getting the following error:

   infoget(%s)
             ↑
Error: Invalid expression. When calling a function or indexing a variable, use parentheses. Otherwise, check for mismatched delimiters.

Answer 2

[the cyclist]

I haven't figured out what you were trying to do with the breaks, but the core functionality works if you use this:

descrip{:,i} = sprintf('The link below will bring up the following information for a specific name: <a href="matlab: infoget(%s) ">Information</a>',names{i})

The main problem with your version (as I understand it), is that you were trying to put a formatSpec into the second argument of the sprintf. That won't work (unless maybe you nest another sprintf command, but I don't think you need to do that).