MATLAB: How to change the case to a string so when I run the script the the string instead of the case number is shown

stringswitch case

m=menu('select shape:', 'triangle','square','pentagon','hexagon','heptagon','octagon')
switch m
    case 1
         n=3
        angle=(n-2)*180
    case 2
        n=4
        angle=(n-2)*180
    case 3         
        n=5
        angle=(n-2)*180
    case 4
        n=6 
        angle=(n-2)*180
    case 5
        n=7
        angle=(n-2)*180
    case 6
        n=8
        angle=(n-2)*180
end
fprintf('A %-5.2f has %-5.2f sides and %-5.2f degrees\n',m,n,angle)
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m =
     1
n =
     3
angle =
   180
A 1.00 has 3.00 sides and 180.00 degrees

Best Answer

I believe you want:
fprintf('A %s has %d sides and %-5.2f degrees\n',m,n,angle)
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