how to create used input struct names

Hi. I created a struct,

data = struct()

I would like to add fields to it based on user input from app designer.

For example user writes a number '125' as input, then I want to create field called 'laserDist123mm' and add it to data struct.

data.laserDist123mm = 199;

equal to something.

is there any way to do this?

I want to add the new fields dynamically...

Answer 1

[Geoff Hayes]

You could use setfield as

data = setfield(data, 'laserDist123mm', 199)

or as you have shown

data.laserDist123mm = 199;

which will add the field dynamically to the structure.