I was able to do this using with an if-else statement (as shown below), but am unsure of how to convert it to a switch case. I know that I could put every single permutation of each case name in an array, but I wanted to know if there was an easier way to do that.
function state = stateAbbreviation(inputStr)origState = upper(inputStr);alabamaStr = 'Alabama';alabamaAbrev = 'AL';alaskaStr = 'Alaska';alaskaAbrev = 'AK';arizonaStr = 'Arizona';arizonaAbrev = 'AZ';kansasStr = 'Kansas';kansasAbrev = 'KS';caliStr = 'California';caliAbrev = 'CA';if strcmpi(origState, alabamaStr) state = "AL";elseif strcmpi(origState, alabamaAbrev) state = "Alabama";elseif strcmpi(origState, alaskaStr) state = "AK";elseif strcmpi(origState, alaskaAbrev) state = "Alaska";elseif strcmpi(origState, arizonaStr) state = "AZ";elseif strcmpi(origState, arizonaAbrev) state = "Arizona";elseif strcmpi(origState, kansasStr) state = "KS";elseif strcmpi(origState, kansasAbrev) state = "Kansas";elseif strcmpi(origState, caliStr) state = "CA";elseif strcmpi(origState, caliAbrev) state = "California";else disp('Unknown')endend
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