If you want to hold y as a vector, then for every x(i) in the loop your function call will return a vector. You cannot store a vector in a single numeric array element. Use a cell array instead:
z_funct = @(x,y) 0.0817*(3.71*sqrt(x)-0.25*x+5.81)*(y-91.4)+91.4
x=[1 2 3 4 5];
y=-20:2:40;
for ii=1:length(x)
z{ii} = z_funct(x(ii),y);
end
Now z is a cell array.
z{1} has z_funct(1,-20:2:40)
z{2} has z_funct(2,-20:2:40)
z{3} has z_funct(3,-20:2:40)
etc.
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You could also make an array with those values:
for ii=1:length(x)
z2(ii,:) = z_funct(x(ii),y);
end
Now z2 is an array with row 1 being z_funt(1,-20:2:40).
