Simple nested For Loop Question

Hi,

Im pretty sure there is an obvious answer for my issue however for some reason I just can't get the code to work the way I want it. My current code is:

tic
a = zeros(4);
n=(1:4);
for x = [1 2 3 4]
   for  y = [5 6 7 8]  
       a(n) = x*y
   end      
end
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However thats one of many versions I've tried. Basically what I want to do is times the first value of X by the first, second, third then forth value of y and then do the same with second value of x and so on. My expected answer should be

a = 5 6 7 8
    10 12 14 16
    15 18 21 24
    20 24 28 32

I swear I've done this a multiple times in complex situations previously. however I'm trying to show some people how use the code on a basic level and just can't seem to get it to work.

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Try this:

tic
a = zeros(4);
for x = 1:4
   for  y = 5 : 8
       a(x, y-4) = x * y
   end      
end
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a

[Ben]

Whilst this does work i also need it to work with different numbers as well such as x and/or y = [1 4 9 10 18](basically a range with no pattern). However thank you for you help so far

[Image Analyst]

Try this:

tic
x = [4, 5, 11, 3, 1]
y = [1, 4, 9, 10, 18]
a = zeros(length(y), length(x));
for row = 1 : length(y)
   for  col = 1 : length(x)
       a(row, col) = x(col) * y(row);
   end      
end
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a