MATLAB: Hi. im attempting to create a simple input command and tab it with \t however when i run the code the (t) still appears in the command window

Question

input('\tWhat item did you buy? (1 item only): ','s')

tWhat item did you buy? (1 item only):

Answer 1

If you want to use the formatting commands, you need to include a sprintf call to implement them.

This should produce the result you want:

input(sprintf('\tWhat item did you buy? (1 item only): '),'s')