Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (3rd Edition)
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Author: Elizabeth A. Stephan, David R. Bowman, William J. Park, Benjamin L. Sill, Matthew W. Ohland
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Chapter 18, Problem 2ICA
You are writing code that is part of a purchasing system. For each of the following items, write a MATLAB statement to accomplish the task.
- a. Generate a menu that asks users what they wish to buy and gives them a choice of three items: Flange, Bracket, or Hinge. The user’s choice should be placed in a variable named PartType.
- b. Ask users how many parts they wish to buy. Store the response in a variable named NWDParts.
- c. Ask the user to enter his or her name. Store the response in a variable named BuyerName.
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