having one "for" loop instead of two

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Bahareh
Bahareh on 29 Nov 2011
Hello all,
I have two "for" loops.
for a=0:10
for b=0:10
c=a+b;
end
end
I would like two combine them and put them in one "for" loop but I have error.
for a=0:10 && b=0:10
c=a+b;
end
Can anybody help me? thanks.
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Daniel Shub
Daniel Shub on 29 Nov 2011
This doesn't make any sense. You keep over writing c on every iteration.
Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 29 Nov 2011
You cannot iterate two variables in one "for"

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Jan
Jan on 29 Nov 2011
Actually it is said already. But not explicitely:
a = 0:10;
b = 0:10;
for k = 1:length(a)
c = a(k) + b(k);
end
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Matt Tearle
Matt Tearle on 29 Nov 2011
This doesn't make sense, though. Your whole point was that you wanted to evaluate c at the same values of a and b, not at every combination of a and b. So you're not making a surface -- you're making a line (along the diagonal in a-b space). In other words, you don't have c(0,7) or c(3,2) or ..., which you need to make a surface. All you have is c(0,0), c(1,1), c(2,2), etc.
Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 29 Nov 2011
The new question that was created was http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/22579-surface-plot
I show how to embed the line within a surface there. It isn't a useful thing to do in this situation, but perhaps it will be useful for someone else.

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Matt Tearle
Matt Tearle on 29 Nov 2011
As Walter said, you can't loop over two variables in the same for-loop. So the real question is: why do you want to do this? What's the problem with the two nested loops that you're trying to avoid/fix/solve?
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Bahareh
Bahareh on 29 Nov 2011
In the two loop case, each value of a corresponds to 11 values of b. I wan each value of a be corresponding to one value of b; in other words, I wan a=0 be corresponding to b=0 and a=5 be corresponding to b=5?

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Hin Kwan Wong
Hin Kwan Wong on 29 Nov 2011
Your code does not make sense because it's overwriting c each time you loop it Your answer is just equal to c = last a + last b = 10+10 = 20
If you want to sum all c values: a=0:10; b=a; sum([a+b])

Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 29 Nov 2011
for a=0:10
b = a;
c = a + b;
end

Michael
Michael on 29 Nov 2011
From the comments I think you want the surface c = a + b
Just use a nested loop
c = zeros(11);
for a = 0:10
for b = 0:10
c(a+1,b+1) = a + b;
end
end
surf(a,b,c)

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