look up specific value in a function based on a text input in matlab

main.m
% Define the function with the lookup values
function result = lookupFunction(input)
    lookupTable = containers.Map({'apple', 'banana', 'orange'}, [1, 2, 3]);
    % Or you can use a switch statement
    % switch input
    %      case 'apple'
    %          result = 1;
    %      case 'banana'
    %          result = 2;
    %      case 'orange'
    %          result = 3;
    %     otherwise
    %         result = -1; % return -1 for invalid input
    % end
    if isKey(lookupTable, input)
        result = lookupTable(input);
    else
        result = -1; % return -1 for invalid input
    end
end

% Example usage
input = 'banana';
output = lookupFunction(input);
disp(output);
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