its a big problem for me

hi all ,please i want a help , i want to build a simple calculator in matlab , but the problem that the supervisor need the text editor to accept an expression like 5+3-2*4 and the click in the equal button to determine it , so the proble how can I split this expression for example to deal with it , any help please

Answer 1

[Matt Kindig]

Well the easiest way would be using eval, like

str = '5+3-2*4';  %the text field
answer = eval(str);  %when you click the equals button.

Is this allowed?

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

You can use regexp() or ismember()