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Charlene
Charlene 2013-5-9
I have this function
n = 1;
Product = 1;
while( Product < N )
{
Product = Product * (2*n);
n = n + 1;
}
end
and this error keeps on popping up Error: File: Untitled5.m Line: 5 Column: 9 The expression to the left of the equals sign is not a valid target for an assignment.
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Jordan Monthei
Jordan Monthei 2013-5-9
编辑:Jordan Monthei 2013-5-9
For readability sake, I'm going to add this on here.
% this loop is used to find how many iterations are needed in the expression 2*4*6*...*2n in order to exceed a predetermined maximum.
n=1;
Product = 1; % variables initialized as one
while ( Product < N) % N being a predetermined maximum
{
Product = Product * (2 * n); % 2*4*6*...*2n until
n = n + 1;
}
end
it would be helpful to know what the rest of the program is doing outside of this function. Is N declared, if so, what is it declared as? Where does Line: 5 Column: 9 correspond within what you have?

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the cyclist
the cyclist 2013-5-9
That's not valid MATLAB syntax. In particular, the curly brackets shouldn't enclose the while loop. (You also used capital N where you had been using small n.)
Does this do what you intend?
n = 1;
Product = 1;
while( Product < n )
Product = Product * (2*n);
n = n + 1;
end
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Jordan Monthei
Jordan Monthei 2013-5-9
编辑:Jordan Monthei 2013-5-9
small n is treated as a multiplier onto the 2 whereas large N is used as a maximum value. with that change, you have the intended function. Sorry about the curly brackets, that was my suggestion, I'm used to C coding.
Jordan Monthei
Jordan Monthei 2013-5-9
i ran this function in MATLAB with N=500; i received a value of 6 for n and a final product of 3840 showing that this function does work.
2 = 2 n=1 -> 1st iteration
2*4 = 8 n=2 -> 2nd iteration
2*4*6 = 48 n=3 -> 3rd iteration
2*4*6*8 = 384 n=4 -> 4th iteration
2*4*6*8*10 = 3840 n=5 -> 5th iteration
and then n is incremented one more time before exiting the loop to give n=6.
In this case you could use the expression "#iterations = n-1" after the loop and you would have your answer.

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