I can't figure out my mistake (conditional)

Can someone please help?

It keeps saying Undefined function or variable "domIndex"

Error in personalityTest line 38

dom = strcat(pVector{domIndex},'_',subT(1));

function [ dom, rec, wings ] = personalityTest( type,pVector, subT )
  Vector = cell(10);
  remain = pVector;
  for i = 1:10
    [token,remain] = strtok(remain);
    pVector{i} = token;
  end
  if (type(1)-65 > 26)
    dom = false;
    type(1) = 65 + (type(1)-97);
  else 
    dom = true;
  end
  for i = 1:10
    if (strcmp(pVector{i},type) == 1)
      if (dom)
        domIndex = i;
        recIndex = mod(domIndex + 5,10);
      else
        recIndex = i;
        domIndex = mod(recIndex + 5,10);
      end
      if domIndex == 1
        rightIndex = 10;
      else
        rightIndex = i-1;
      end
      if domIndex == 10
        leftIndex = 1;
      else
        rightIndex = i+1;
      end
      break;
    end
  end
  dom = strcat(pVector{domIndex},'_',subT(1));
  rec = pVector{recIndex};
  wings = strcat(pVector{leftIndex},32,pVector{rightIndex});
  return;
end

[dpb]

Two possibilities --

a) you write 'domindex' in the error message but all references in the function are 'domIndex'.  If the message spelling isn't a typo, that's a problem, or (probably more likely);

b) only if (strcmp(pVector{i},type) == 1) is TRUE will domIndex be defined and if it isn't, one must conclude the IF is failing.

Use the debugger and see where things go south...

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Here's the solution: http://blogs.mathworks.com/videos/2012/07/03/debugging-in-matlab/

Just step through your code and you'll see the "if" statement inside the for loop is never true and so domindex never gets assigned by the time you need to use it right after the for loop. What do you want to do in that case? What do you want domindex to be if the "if" never gets entered?