How can you initialize user input inside of a constructor?

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Example I want the x value to user input but i'm not sure how to get it to work
classdef name
properties
getName = input("Whats your name")
end
methods
function obj = name(x)
getName = x
end
end
end
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 3 Apr 2019
Very odd. I was positive that someone had asked a question about constructors and input() just a short time ago, and that someone (Stephen perhaps) responded with a nice analysis of good reasons why that should never be done. But I can't seem to find that question now..
I wonder if someone did not like the response they received and deleted the question...

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 3 Apr 2019
Edited: Walter Roberson on 3 Apr 2019
You cannot get it to work. Constructors are the wrong place to put input() requests. Any input() request in a constructor would do the Wrong Thing, for very reasonable definitions of "Wrong Thing".

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