Saving output of for loop after each iteration (for a function)

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y = 0:0.05:1;
u= 2*y-(2*y.^3)+y.^4;
a = 0:0.01:1;
b = 4000;
Carray=zeros(1,101)
for i=1:size(a)
c=A_function(y,u,b,a(i));
Carray(i)=c;
end
I want to run the function 'c' for all values of 'a'
and I want to store value of 'c' for each 'a'
The error i get is "Unable to perform assignment because the left and right sides have a different number of elements"
Can someone please let me know what I am doing wrong?
Thanks

Answers (2)

Sulaymon Eshkabilov
Sulaymon Eshkabilov on 1 Apr 2021
Edited: Sulaymon Eshkabilov on 1 Apr 2021
Here is the corrected code of yours:
y = 0:0.05:1;
u= 2*y-(2*y.^3)+y.^4;
a = 0:0.01:1;
b = 4000;
C=zeros(numel(a),numel(u));
for ii=1:size(a)
C(ii,:)=A_function(y,u,b,a(ii));
end
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JD
JD on 1 Apr 2021
I fixed the error by changing this line “For ii=1:size(a)-1”
But now my C matrix is still all 0’s
Steven Lord
Steven Lord on 1 Apr 2021
%{
C=zeros(numel(a),numel(u));
for ii=1:size(a)
%}
I agree with the first line but not the second. Before looking at the output of the code below, how many lines of text does it display?
a = 0:0.1:1;
for k = 1:size(a)
fprintf("k is %d\n", k)
end
k is 1
Now compare this with using numel instead of size.
a = 0:0.1:1;
for k = 1:numel(a)
fprintf("k is %d\n", k)
end
k is 1 k is 2 k is 3 k is 4 k is 5 k is 6 k is 7 k is 8 k is 9 k is 10 k is 11
Why the difference in behavior? When any of the inputs to the colon function or : operator is non-scalar and non-empty, MATLAB will just use the first element of that input.
sz = size(a)
sz = 1×2
1 11
v = 1:sz % equivalent to 1:sz(1)
v = 1
While your code would have worked for a column vector, the numel approach works in general to allow you to loop through all the elements in an array.

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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 1 Apr 2021
Try this:
y = 0:0.05:1;
u = 2*y-(2*y.^3)+y.^4;
a = 0:0.01:1;
b = 4000;
rows = length(a)
columns = 101;
Carray = zeros(rows, columns);
for row = 1 : rows
resultVector = A_function(y, u, b, a(row));
Carray(row, :) = resultVector;
end
function c = A_function(y, u, b, aValue)
c = randi(9, 1, 101); % Whatever it may be...
end
Obviously replace the A_function with your actual function that returns a vector. Carray will not be all zeros.
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JD
JD on 1 Apr 2021
Hi Image Analyst,
Did that work for you? I have to turn in my work tonight so just wondering if you were able to troubleshoot why it’s not working with the actual function.
Thanks
Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 2 Apr 2021
Sorry, I didn't get a chance last night, but I guess it's past the homework deadline so it doesn't matter at this point.

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