Trying to fix the loop

I am trying to change my code so when it loops more than five times the error message changes to Invalid vehicle type! Re-enter vehicle type (Compact, Midsize, Truck, Industrial, Military)

I have been trying to just use the variable n>5 under the for loop for this but keep getting error messages

Vehicle_Type=input('Enter the Vehicle Type','s')

for n=1:5

switch Vehicle_Type

case{'compact','Compact'}

fprintf('1\n');

break

case{'midsize','Midsize'}

fprintf('2\n');

break

case{'truck','Truck'}

fprintf('3\n');

break

case{'industrial','Industrial'}

fprintf('4\n');

break

case{'military','Military'}

fprintf('4\n');

break

otherwise

fprintf('Vehicle type is not recognized. The program stops. Rerun the program again\n')

end

end

[Awais Saeed]

what actually are you trying to do? Your loop does not make any sense. Your user input should be inside the loop to ask for the input for all iterations.

Answer 1

[Jan]

nFail = 0;
for n = 1:5
   Vehicle_Type = input('Enter the Vehicle Type', 's');
   switch lower(Vehicle_Type)
       case 'compact'
            fprintf('1\n');
            break
       case 'midsize'
            fprintf('2\n');
            break
       case 'truck'
            fprintf('3\n');
            break
       case 'industrial'
            fprintf('4\n');
            break
       case 'military'
            fprintf('4\n');
            break
       otherwise
            fprintf('Vehicle type is not recognized. The program stops. Rerun the program again\n');
            nFail = nFail + 1;
    end
end

if nFail == 5
  fprintf('bad\n');
end

I'd solve this without a for loop:

found = 0;
nFail = 0;
while ~any(found) && nFail < 5
   Vehicle_Type = input('Enter the Vehicle Type', 's');
   switch lower(Vehicle_Type)
       case 'compact'
            found = 1;
       case 'midsize'
            found = 2;
       case 'truck'
            found = 3;
       case {'industrial', 'military'}
            found = 4;
       otherwise
            fprintf('Vehicle type is not recognized. Again...\n');
            nFail = nFail + 1;
    end
end

if found
   fprintf('%d\n', found);
else
   fprintf('failed too often\n');
end