hi friends. we have a vectore v= [ 1 2 6 7 8 9], I want to compute: if variable component=1:10 is equal to one component of v then do some calculation like below. how can I do that:

lambda = lambda_uncoup; mue_prior = mue_0; mue_prior = mue_prior([1;parents+1],1); else lambda = lambda_coup; end

Answer 1

[Sebastian Castro]

I'd recommend looking at this page, which discusses many different ways to search through vectors and matrices based on some condition:

http://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2015a/matlab/matlab_prog/find-array-elements-that-meet-a-condition.html

Also, here is a simple example. Suppose you want to perform a calculation if the vector contains the value "4" somewhere:

v = [1 2 3 4];

if any(v==4)
  disp('Found a 4!')
end

- Sebastian