Trouble with While and If loops
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Hi, I am trying to test out an iterative process to converge on one value. I am trying to use while and if statements to converge on a test value of 5; however, my process causes matlab to infinitely loop between 5.00 and 5.100 rather than stopping at 5. My code is below and any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
J. Ryan Kersh
while n~= 5
if n<5
n=n+.1
end
if n>5
n=n-.1
end
end
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Yatin
on 14 Oct 2013
What is the initial value of n that you are using? Based on your increments, I think that your values of n would be typically oscillating between some constant values around 5.00. May be using function like abs(), floor(), ceil() will be useful in this case for convergence.
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Cedric
on 14 Oct 2013
Edited: Cedric
on 14 Oct 2013
You have to think again about the condition in the WHILE statement or about the increments that you are using. To see why, assume that you are starting with n = 4.95, and generate a few iterations by hand.
You could make increments proportional to the difference between 5 and n, e.g. n=n+(5-n)/2, and implement some tolerance in the condition of the while statement, e.g. abs(5-n)>1e-3.
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