Documentation of menutext

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Function Synopsis

answer = menutext(HeaderText, varargin);

Help text

 Generate a text menu of choices for user input.

   CHOICE = MENU(HEADER, ITEM1, ITEM2, ... ) displays the HEADER
   string followed in sequence by the menu-item strings: ITEM1, ITEM2,
   ... ITEMn. Returns the number of the selected menu-item as CHOICE,
   a scalar value. There is no limit to the number of menu items.

   CHOICE = MENU(HEADER, ITEMLIST) where ITEMLIST is a string cell
   array is also a valid syntax.

 The menu-items will be given as a numbered list in the command window.

 Example:
 >> K = MENUTEXT('Select food', 'sausage', 'appel', 'egg')
   displays on the screen:

     ----- Select food -----
        1) sausage
        2) appel
        3) egg
     Select a menu number:

   The number entered by the user in response to the prompt is
   returned as K (i.e. K = 3 implies that the user selected egg).

 See also: menu

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