Building a matrix using "while" loops? (MATLAB)

mikeph

Hello

Here is my code:

Code:

i = 1;
j = 1; 
S = zeros(11,11);

while i < 12
    while j < 12
        S(i,j) = Test1(a(i,j),b(i,j),c(i,j));
        j = j + 1;
    end
    i = i + 1;
end

a,b,c are all 11x11 matrices and Test1 is a function m-file which outputs a number. (I have tested it for all the values that a(i,j), b(i,j) and c(i,j) take).

My code is only calculating the first row of S, ie. S(2,1) = 0 still. I don't know why the program is ending without adding 1 onto i and repeating the loop, I can only imagine the "while" loop is the wrong way of going about this?

Thanks for any help,

Mike

Mark44

A better choice is a for loop for each of your loops.

Code:

for i=1:11
  for j = 1:11
     %% loop body
  end
end

You can do what you're doing with while loops, but they are in a sense more primitive control structures, so you have to do more of the work in your code. I think what might be happening is that after the inner loop has gone through a complete set of iterations, and i is now 2, you still have the last value of j (=12) in your inner loop. A fix for this problem might be like so:

Code:

while i < 12
    j = 1   %% added this line
    while j < 12
        S(i,j) = Test1(a(i,j),b(i,j),c(i,j));
        j = j + 1;
    end
    i = i + 1;
end

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