Reverse an array by for loop

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Mohammed
Mohammed on 10 Oct 2012
Hi i got this array : a=[1 2 3 4 5] and i want to reverse it by for loop so it will be a=[5 4 3 2 1]
Thanks

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Wayne King
Wayne King on 10 Oct 2012
Why a for loop?
a = [1 2 3 4 5] ;
b = fliplr(a);
If you must with a for loop
for ii = 1:length(a)
b(ii) = a(length(a)-ii+1);
end
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Wayne King
Wayne King on 10 Oct 2012
a = [1 2 3 4 5] ;
for ii = 1:length(a)
b(ii) = a(length(a)-ii+1);
end
It absolutely works. Just copy and paste the entire code snippet above into the command window.
Matt Fig
Matt Fig on 10 Oct 2012
Edited: Matt Fig on 10 Oct 2012
Wayne, Mohammed needs to read the Getting Started section of the documentation. As far as I can tell, he thinks it doesn't work because of the semi-colons. See the comments on my answer for more insight.

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More Answers (2)

Doug Hull
Doug Hull on 10 Oct 2012
a = fliplr(a)

Matt Fig
Matt Fig on 10 Oct 2012
An in-place FOR loop would look like:
a = 1:10;
L = length(a);
for ii = 1:L/2
T = a(L-ii+1);
a(L-ii+1) = a(ii);
a(ii) = T;
end
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Mohammed
Mohammed on 10 Oct 2012
i put this in the matlab but i do not know what's wrong it does not give me an output
Matt Fig
Matt Fig on 10 Oct 2012
You need to read the "Getting Started" section of the documentation. Copy-paste the code I gave into the command window and it will reverse the elements of a. Nothing is wrong, you just didn't look at a after the code ran!! To look at the result, type:
a
at the command window.....

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