Help with error and coding.

clc

clear variables

close all

fid=fopen('hw3_task2.txt','r');

hr_deg=[60 30 0 330 300 270 240 210 180 150 120 90];

k=1;

x_start=fscanf(fid,'%f',1);

y_start=fscanf(fid,'%f',1);

x_s=fscanf(fid,'%f',1);

y_s=fscanf(fid,'%f',1);

while k<=24

      dist(k)=fscanf(fid,'%f',1);

      deg(k)=fscanf(fid,'%f',1);

      D(k)=fscanf(fid,'%f',1);

      S(k)=fscanf(fid,'%f',1);

      k=k+1;

end

x_c=[x_start];

y_c=[y_start];

k=1;

while k<=24

      x_c(k+1)=dist(k)*cosd(hr_deg(deg(k)));

      y_c(k+1)=dist(k)*sind(hr_deg(deg(k)));

      k=k+1;

end

k=1;

hold on

x=x_c(1);

y=y_c(1);

hold on

plot(x,y,'go')

text(x,y,'Start')

while k<=25

       x(k+1)=x(k)+x_c(k+1);

    y(k+1)=y(k)+y_c(k+1);

    plot([x(k) x(k+1)], [y(k) y(k+1)], 'b*-')

    k=k+1;

end

k=1;

while k<=24

       if (s(k)==1)

           plot(x(k+1),y(k+1),'bd')

       end

       if (d(k)==1)

           plot(x(k+1),y(k+1),'ms')

       end

       k=k+1;

end

plot(x(k),y(k),'g*')

text(x(k),y(k),'End')

grid on

xlabel('X Position')

ylabel('Y Position')

title('Robot Task 2')

axis([1 100 1 100]);

fclose(fid)

I am trying to produce the graph below with loops. It keeps giving me the error:

Index exceeds matrix dimensions.

Error in slam42Part2 (line 44)
     x(k+1)=x(k)+x_c(k+1);

How do I fix this error and also does anyone know a way to code a loop to where it plots the squares or diamonds or both at certain points? I noticed that there is a pattern but I am having trouble coding it. The first row of the data is just the starting point. The first column is the distance from the previous point and the second column after the first row is the direction (clock-wise for example 12 o clock is 90 degrees.) The third column is just a value for the diamond. 1= there is a diamond and 0=there is no diamond. The 4th column is the same as the 3rd column except it is for squares instead of diamonds.

Answer 1

[Mischa Kim]

One thing I noticed is the following: in your second while-loop you have

 while k<=24
      x_c(k+1)=dist(k)*cosd(hr_deg(deg(k)));

so x_c has 25 elements. However, in the following while-loop you have

 while k<=25     % should this be k<=24?
       x(k+1)=x(k)+x_c(k+1);

For k=25 you are trying to access x_c(25+1) which is not defined because x_c has only 25 elements.

Hope that helps.