MATLAB: Entering a whole word into an arary.

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Hello I just have a simple question. I'm working on a project that calculates the resistor value when the user enters a five color code. I cannot figure out how to put each word as a single element in an array. so if I enter the code as a single string: blue black green red orange, I would like to make a(1)=blue, a(2)=black, etc..
Thanks in advance!

Best Answer

This works whether your user enters only commas between words, only spaces, or both (even colons or semicolons!). I test it out in a FOR loop only to see if entering different ways people might use will still get us our values.
for ii = 1:4
    % You only need these three lines, no loop.
    I = input('Enter the colors you want: ','s');
    I(isstrprop(I,'punct')) = ' ';
    C = regexp(I(~isstrprop(I,'punct')),'\s+','split')
end
Enter the colors you want: black gold green
C = 
      'black'    'gold'    'green'
Enter the colors you want: yellow, peach, orange
C = 
      'yellow'    'peach'    'orange'
Enter the colors you want: purple:spicy:fresh
C = 
      'purple'    'spicy'    'fresh'
Enter the colors you want: Yummy; grape;cherry
C = 
      'Yummy'    'grape'    'cherry'
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