How do I extract columns from a matrix using a loop?

Greetings,

I have a 15x2 matrix that looks like this:

1500 0

220 80

220 75

220 70

220 65

275 70

275 75

275 80

285 80

285 75

300 80

300 70

300 60

220 30

300 40

From this matrix, I have to separate the two columns into different variable in column vector form, but I don't need the first row(this is another task I was able to do) and I MUST use a loop per the instructions.

So far, I have:

for l = 1:d

    if datain(l)>100 

        if datain(l)<=300

        PH1(m) = datain(l);

        PH = PH1';

        m = m + 1;

        end

    end

end

m = m - 1;

for k = datain

    LA = k(2:15,1);

end

Technically, this works, somewhat, but I don't think it's what the professor is looking for. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

-Josh

[Jan]

Please learn how to format code in the forum. Currently the code looks ugly.

Answer 1

[bym]

for k = 2:length(matrix)
var1(k-1) = matrix(k,1);
var2(k-1) = matrix(k,2);
end   %

Answer 2

[Jan]

This runs, but does not do what you expect:

for k = datain
   LA = k(2:15,1);
end

For each element of datain the variable LA is overwritten by the vektor k(2:15,1). Therefore the FOR loop can be omitted.

What is d in your code?

Why do you assume, that the professor wants something else?