Why is my code giving an empty vector?
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The code that I have below works perfectly find when I do it in command window without using the while loop. I have to do it for a lot of time to get the answer but in the end I still get the answer. But when I run this function it gives me
out = [] and rupee = 0
why is it doing this? I have to stop when llllat =='D' and kkkkat == 0. I have the terminating command in the end but it looks like the loop doesn't end.
function [out rupee] = dat(rc, cdir, dtravel, letters, rvalues)
A = [];
B = [];
while A ~=0
row = rc(1);
erow = letters(row,:);
column = rc(2);
final = erow(column);
kat = rc(1);
kkat = dtravel(kat,:);
kkkat = rc(2);
kkkkat = kkat(column);
lat = rc(1);
llat = cdir(lat,:);
lllat = rc(2);
llllat = llat(column);
if llllat == 'D'
break;
end
pat = rc(1);
ppat = rvalues(pat,:);
pppat = rc(2);
ppppat = ppat(column);
for ind = 1:length(final)
A = [A final(ind)];
end
for ind = 1:length(ppppat)
B = [B ppppat(ind)];
end
if llllat == 'N'
w = rc(1);
b = w - kkkkat;
rc(1) = b;
elseif llllat == 'S'
w = rc(1);
b = w + kkkkat;
rc(1) = b;
elseif llllat == 'E'
w = rc(2);
b = w + kkkkat;
rc(2) = b;
else
w = rc(2);
b = w - kkkkat;
rc(2) = b;
if kkkkat == 0
break;
end
if llllat == 'D'
break;
end
end
end
out = A;
rupee = sum(B);
end
If you would like to check it I can post the test cases.
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Stephen23
on 21 Feb 2015
@Kratos: this code could be be much improved with some array preallocation and vectorizing most of the arithmetic. Because doing this makes for much neater and compact code (as well as being faster) you will be able to have a better overview of the code and understand its operation better.
Answers (1)
Image Analyst
on 21 Feb 2015
I don't know what your input parameters are so about all I can say is that usually when you want to compare strings you use strcmp(), strcmpi(), or strfind(), not the == operator. Try that and also try using the debugger to step through your code one line at a time to figure out why the loop never exits.
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Image Analyst
on 21 Feb 2015
When you used the debugger, did the code execution follow different paths? Or did you not even use the debugger at all?
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