How can I run multiple for loops in one function?

Here is my code:

function [Height,Range] = catapult(InitialV)
    % calculates at Angle 30 degrees
    Angle = 30;
    fprintf('For an Angle = 30 Degrees\n')
    for v = InitialV:10

%  Used to find Velocity in Y direction
Vyinitial = (v * sind(Angle));

%  Used to find the total time
Tfinal = ((2*v * sind(Angle))/9.8);

%  Used to find time for maximum height
Time = Tfinal/2;

%  Used to find max height
Height = Vyinitial * Time - (.5 * 9.8 * Time^2);

%  Use to find velocity in x direction
Vxinitial = (v * cosd(Angle));

%  Used to find total distance
Range = Vxinitial * Tfinal;

          fprintf('%3.2f %6.2f\n', Height,Range)

      end

      %calculates at angle 35 degrees
      Angle = 35;
      fprintf('For an Angle = 35 Degrees\n')
      for v = InitialV:10

%  Used to find Velocity in Y direction
Vyinitial = (v * sind(Angle));

%  Used to find the total time
Tfinal = ((2*v * sind(Angle))/9.8);

%  Used to find time for maximum height
Time = Tfinal/2;

%  Used to find max height
Height = Vyinitial * Time - (.5 * 9.8 * Time^2);

%  Use to find velocity in x direction
Vxinitial = (v * cosd(Angle));

%  Used to find total distance
Range = Vxinitial * Tfinal;

          fprintf('%3.2f %6.2f\n', Height,Range)

      end

      %calculates at angle 45 degrees
      Angle = 45;
      fprintf('For an Angle = 45 Degrees\n')
      for v = InitialV:10

%  Used to find Velocity in Y direction
Vyinitial = (v * sind(Angle));

%  Used to find the total time
Tfinal = ((2*v * sind(Angle))/9.8);

%  Used to find time for maximum height
Time = Tfinal/2;

%  Used to find max height
Height = Vyinitial * Time - (.5 * 9.8 * Time^2);

%  Use to find velocity in x direction
Vxinitial = (v * cosd(Angle));

%  Used to find total distance
Range = Vxinitial * Tfinal;

          fprintf('%3.2f %6.2f\n', Height,Range)

      end
  end

My question is I would like to have the same loop be able to go through the three different angles listed and then also go through the "InitialV" input variable to 10. I would also like it to output a matrices like table where it has the 3 different angles listed in a column and then the different 'V' velocity in a top row and then the data in the table would be the different Heights and Ranges in the matrices table. Pic of table.

Answer 1

[Sri Harish G]

You can make an array with the 3 different angles and run a nested for loop then store the values in a table.

So your code would look something like:

 function out = catapult(InitialV)
    Angles=[30 35 45];
    out=table();
    for a=1:3
        Angle=Angles(a);
        temp=table();
        for v = InitialV:10
%  Calculate Height and Range using the same formulae
           temp.(['velocity_' num2str(v)])=[Height,Range];            
           temp.Properties.RowNames=cellstr(num2str(Angle));
        end
%Now add this row to the output table;
        out=[out;temp];
     end
  end

This will return a Table Where each entry in the table is two values Height and Range

If initialV=8 then the output would look like

out =

3×3 table

              velocity_8           velocity_9         velocity_10   
          __________________    ________________    ________________

    30    0.81633     5.6557    1.0332     7.158    1.2755     8.837
    35     1.0743     6.1368    1.3596    7.7668    1.6785    9.5887
    45     1.6327     6.5306    2.0663    8.2653     2.551    10.204

[Zachary Giovanelli]

I love it! So is table() a method then? Also what does temp. do? Also could you possibly give me a breakdown of what each part of the code is doing at these two lines:

temp.(['velocity_' num2str(v)])=[Height,Range];
temp.Properties.RowNames=cellstr(num2str(Angle));

Like what is Properties. and I'm assuming num2str is a method to take a number and make it a String text? Also lastly why did you do:

Angles=Angles(a)

What does that mean and do exactly? I apologize if this is asking a lot! I understand if you don't want to hassle with responding!

Thanks either way for the answer.