Why is this output nothing and what can i change to make it work

n=20;
x=rand(n,1)
y=rand(n,1);
RHS_empty=ones(n:1)
iter_h=0
iter_a=0;

for i=1:n-1
    h(i)=x(i+1)-x(i);
    iter_h=iter_h+1;
    
    a(i)=y(i);
    iter_a=iter_a+1;
    
    RHS=a.*RHS_empty;
    while n==4
        SPLS=[1 0 0 0;0 h(1) 2*(h(2)+h(1)) h(2); 0 0 h(2) 2*(h(3)+h(2));0 0 0 h(3)]
        
        c(:,i)=SPLS^-1*a(:,i)
    end
%     while n == 20
%         SPLS=
%         
%     end
end

There is nothing wrong with the code in MATLAB where no red line was shown but the output was not shown for the SPLS and the c in the command window, can i know why and how can i change on this as i have another while loop to put inside there where the n=20, another set of matrix will be form but was not inserted into it by me as it is very long.

Answer 1

[John D'Errico]

I had to laugh at your statement that there is nothing wrong with the code. That seems counter to the fact that it produces nothing by your own statement. What it should do I cannot guess, because we are not told what it should produce. The crystal ball is just so foggy today.

In a quick perusal, what I did find interesting was this code fragment:

    while n==4
        SPLS=[1 0 0 0;0 h(1) 2*(h(2)+h(1)) h(2); 0 0 h(2) 2*(h(3)+h(2));0 0 0 h(3)]
        
        c(:,i)=SPLS^-1*a(:,i)
    end

So most of your code runs inside that while loop. Now, remember n is a scalar variable, that has been set to 20 in the beginning of the code. No place in the code has n ever been modified, so n will NEVER take on the value 4.

Yet, the important part of your code runs ONLY when n==4.

Do you see a fundamental problem here?

[Mark Loui]

Yes i see it now thanks for the explainantion, if i use a if loop into and a elseif will it be better?

[Mark Loui]

Hi there ermm if you can still help me allow me to let my question be clear.

I like is for the loop to occur, the iterations runs, but when n is =4, a specific type of matrix is used and when n=20, another set of matrix is use

[Walter Roberson]

if n == 4

... if you are changing n somewhere.

[Mark Loui]

Hmm ok can i also ask what is the code for stopping the while loop,

For example

n=10

a=2

while n>=3

a=a+1

STOP %Can i use stop or is there a function that i can call to stop this section from going forward again

end

[Walter Roberson]

n=10
a=2
while n>=3
    a=a+1;
    break    %Can i use stop or is there a function that i can call to stop this section from going forward again
end

But that would be pointless, since you could instead do

n=10
a=2
if n>=3
    a=a+1;
end

since you would only be doing the increment once.

[Jan]

@Loui Pinn Wern: Although you can use break also, it is more direct to use the condition for stopping. In your case, the loop is stopped when n < 3. See:

doc while

Please read Matlab's Onramp to learn the basics. This is more efficient than asking them in the forum.