How to put in a condition from if/ifelse statements in a fprintf string.

I am trying to include my condition given from an if/ifelse statement inside of a string.

%OUTPUT formatted text showing the temperature, condition of day, and same day(s) temperature.

january21 = [74 60 54 61 54 57 49 41 37 45 45 38 42 58 55 48 55 56 55 55 55 57 60 65 72 71 60 48 56 60 70];

temp = january21(userinput);

if temp < 60

disp 'cold day'

elseif (temp >= 60)||(tempt<= 84)

disp 'pleasant day'

elseif temp >= 85

disp 'hot day'

end

fprintf ('For January %d, it was %0.2f degrees Fahrenheit, a %d \n', userinput, temp, condition);

I want it to be able to utilize the last %d to put whether it is a pleasant, hot, or cold day. I am unsure of how to get it to put the results of the if statements into the string.

Answer 1

[Jan]

january21 = [74 60 54 61 54 57 49 41 37 45 45 38 42 58 55 48 55 56 55 ...
    55 55 57 60 65 72 71 60 48 56 60 70];
temp = january21(userinput);
if temp < 60
    cond = 'cold day';   % [EDITED] Typos fixed: "cond = " inserted.
elseif temp <= 84
    cond = 'pleasant day';
else  % Not needed anymore: if temp >= 85
    cond = 'hot day';
end
fprintf('For January %d, it was %0.2f degrees Fahrenheit, a %s\n', ...
    userinput, temp, cond);

Your IF conditions are buggy:

• (temp >= 60) || (tempt<= 84) is TRUE for all values >= 60. So temp >= 85 cannot be reached ever. Replace || by && to let it work.
• "tempt" has an additional t.
• After you have tested for < 60, there is no reason to check for >= 60 in the next branch.

[Hallie Fletcher]

That worked! Thank you so much!