Help with using "While Loop"

Hello,

I am trying to figure out how to do a problem using the "while" command. The instructions on the problem are:

Consider the array A

A = [3, 5, -4; -8, -1, 33; -17, 6, -9]

Write a program that computes the array B by computing the natural logarithm of all elements in A whose value is no less than 1, and adding 20 to each element that is equal to or greater than 1.

• a.) Using a "for" loop
• b.) Using a "while" loop.

I have already completed part a, but part b is giving me some troubles. Here is what I have so far:

clc, clear all, format compact
A = [3, 5, -4; -8, -1, 33; -17, 6, -9];
m = 1:size(A,1);
n = 1:size(A,2);
while A(m,n) >= 1;
    A(m,n) = A(m,n) + log(A(m,n));
    otherwise A(m,n) = A(m,n);
end
disp(A)

I am getting the error "Illegal use of reserved keyword "otherwise". when I am running the script. By removing the "otherwise" portion, it just gives me the original array A.

Any help would be very much appreciated!

Thanks,

Nick

[per isakson]

• "adding 20 to each element" &nbsp I cannot spot "20" in the code
• otherwise is legal only in the switch statement

[Nicholas]

Thank you for catching that. Not sure how I missed the 20. Accidentally typed out the matrix again instead of 20. I also didn't know that otherwise only works for switch. I appreciate the help! I replaced otherwise with elseif instead, and I still receive the same error, but regarding elseif instead.

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Hint

while k < numel(A)
  if A(k) .........
  elseif
  end
  k = k + 1;
end

[Nicholas]

I know the general format for while statement, but did not realize that otherwise was only valid for switch statements as the other comment mentioned. Having replaced otherwise with elseif, I am still receiving the same error but regarding elseif instead of otherwise. The part of this I find confusing is that it is dealing with a matrix, so I am having a hard time relating the matrix into the general format.

[Image Analyst]

Make it easy for us to help you, not hard. I don't have the Mind Reading Toolbox yet so I don't know the current state of your code. Please post all your code, and all the red text - don't snip out or paraphrase any of it.

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

When you have a loop which is

for n = 1 : Value
  some code
end

then you can replace it with

n = 1;
while n <= Value
  some code
  n = n + 1;
end