Error when debugging problem

Hi I have to debug the following code but I keep getting errors which i do not know how to fix.Any help will be greatfull :

clear
clc
Letters = {'A' 'B' 'C' 'D' 'E' 'F' 'G' 'H' 'I' 'J' 'K' 'L' 'M' 'N' 'O' 'P' 'Q' 'R' 'S' 'T' 'U' 'W' 'X' 'Y' 'Z'};
ValueToConvert = input('Please enter the value you wish to express as a number: ');
ValueString = num2str(ValueToConvert);
Base = input('Please specify the base in which you wish to represent the value: ');
Remainders = [];
while ValueToConvert > 0
  Value = 0;
  while ValueToConvert >= Base
    Value = Value + 1;
    ValueToConvert = ValueToConvert - Base;
  end
  Remainders = [ValueToConvert Remainders];
  Value = ValueToConvert;
  clear Value Remainders
end
Number = '';
for count = 1:1:size(Remainders,2)
  if Remainders(count) <= 10
    Number = [Number Num2Str(Remainders(count))];
  else
    Number = [Number Letters(Remainders(count) - 9)];
  end
end
disp(['The value ' ValueString ' is expressed by the number ' Number ' in the base-' Base ' number system.'])

Im getting the following error:

Please enter the value you wish to express as a number: 766
Please specify the base in which you wish to represent the value: 16
* _error: 'Remainders' undefined near line 18 column 31
error: called from
    Tutorial6Broken at line 18 column 13_*

Thanks

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

For no obvious reason you clear some variables using this line:

clear Value Remainders

and then expect to be able to refer to those variables again. Thus the error.

Once you clear a variable it does not exist. If it does not exist how do you expect to be able to refer to it on this line?:

Remainders = [ValueToConvert Remainders];

Although beginners love using clear everywhere it usually serves no purpose at all, and in your case just broke your code. Avoid sticking clear everywhere. This is cargo-cult programming.

[Zaakir Essop]

Thanks, Really appreciate it

[Zaakir Essop]

If I remove the 'clear...' it goes into an infinite loop

[Stephen23]

Obviously your condition is never met, so the loop never finishes. Try displaying the value of ValueToConvert at the end of each while loop. Check out the values and decide why it does not meet the conditions for ending the loop.

You should also learn to use the debugging tools.