Is there is a faster way doing this? (I am currently using 100 "if/elseif" statements in a row...)

So I have created a popupmenu which asks the user to define the size of a matrix (number of columns and number of rows). They can select numbers 2-10 for each.

Currently what I am doing is the following:

function pushbutton_Callback(~, ~, columns, rows)
    %Get the number of columns
    contents = get(columns,'String'); 
    c = str2num(contents{get(columns,'Value')});
    %get the number of rows
    contents = get(rows,'String'); 
    r = str2num(contents{get(rows,'Value')});
    %display the data
    A = [c r];
        if A==[2 2]

          elseif A==[2 3]

          elseif A==[2 4]
              .
              .
              .

          elseif A==[10 10]

end

Each "if"/"elseif" statement has it's own code which generate the matrix (but I'm not including it here because that isn't important).

Is there are more "efficient" way of doing this? This was the first solution I thought of, but I'm beginning to think there MUST be an easier way of doing this... How might I be able to do the same thing as what I'm trying to do, but without using 100 separate "if" statements?

[Stephen23]

Although you write that " I'm not including it here because that isn't important", writing a generalized matrix generator would remove the need for this ugly if (or switch) chain entirely.

Can your matrix creation be generalized? How is each matrix specified?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Using switch and case could make it syntactically more pleasant.

You could create 10 x 10 cell array of function handles, one for each different action, and index that cell array to determine which function to execute.

Are you sure that the code to create the matrix cannot be generalized to use variables to determine limits?

Answer 2

[iker azpeitia]

Your if/elseif proposal is not viable. As Walter Roberson suggests, I think you should use two for statements, one inside the other.

 for (col=1:c)
   for (row=1:r)
      m(row,col)=2;  %%or the value you want.
  end
 end