create an attendance marking system in matlab

main.m
% Create a database of students
students = {'John Smith', 'Jane Doe', 'Bob Johnson', 'Sarah Lee', 'Tom Brown'};

% Get the current date and time
currentTime = datetime('now');

% Create a new attendance table for today's date
attendance = table(students', zeros(length(students),1), 'VariableNames', {'Name', datestr(currentTime, 'dd-mmm-yyyy')});

% Mark students as present or absent
attendance{'John Smith', datestr(currentTime, 'dd-mmm-yyyy')} = 'Present';
attendance{'Jane Doe', datestr(currentTime, 'dd-mmm-yyyy')} = 'Absent';
attendance{'Bob Johnson', datestr(currentTime, 'dd-mmm-yyyy')} = 'Present';
attendance{'Sarah Lee', datestr(currentTime, 'dd-mmm-yyyy')} = 'Present';
attendance{'Tom Brown', datestr(currentTime, 'dd-mmm-yyyy')} = 'Absent';

% Display the attendance table
disp(attendance);
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