While loop that stops if certain number is inserted

I'm stuck trying to code a while loop that stops given a certain number. I'm a complete beginner at matlab, but i have searched the community and youtube and managed, until now.

This part I get to work:

while true a==1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,

x=a+1;

end

ans=x

and I do get it to stop and wait for input by

while true a==1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,

input('I stop when given the number 5: ',x) % by adding this line

x=a+1;

end

ans=x

BUT if i try to make it stop when given the number 5 I cannot for the life of me get it to work properly.

while true a==1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,

input('I stop when given the number 5: ',x)

if x==5;

break

end

x=a+1;

end

ans=x

Answer 1

[John D'Errico]

You should read the help for while. What you wrote was not even close to valid MATLAB syntax. Look at the examples found in the help docs.

For example, what might this do?

x = 0;
while x ~= 5

Then inside the while loop, use input to bring in a new value for x.