Input data in Matlab
The input can be a single number, a character string (enclosed by single quotes), a vector (enclosed by square brackets and elements separated by spaces or commas), a matrix (enclosed by square brackets and rows separated by semicolons), or any other valid MATLAB data structure.
For example
>> a = input('enter you data : ');
enter you data : 5
>> a
a =
5
Determining input type :
Example
>> a = input('enter you data : ');
enter you data : 'hello'
>> class(a)
ans =
char
