MATLAB Need help creating a recursive script in matlab that can do this:

[darthxepher]

Need help creating a recursive script in MATLAB that can do this:

S = 1^2 + 2 ^2 + 3^2 + ... + n^2

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Thanks.

 

[jamesrc]

This should do it:

S = sum((1:n).^2);

(1:n) creates an array of integers from 1 to n

the .^2 squares each element

and the sum() function does what it says.