Subscript indices error when plotting

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I am having an issue with a for loop plot. The error is returned on the line that says "plot(x,y)" on the code which follows. It states "Subscript indices must either be real positive integers or logicals." Also, if there is any way to label the plots in a legend as they are created that would be great. Thanks in advance for any help.
for N=30:10:50
g=9.81;tau = 0.0076;
tmin = 0; tmax = 10;
v0=50*sin(deg2rad(N));y0=0;
t=linspace(tmin,tmax, 1000);
dt=t(2)-t(1);
a= zeros(1,numel(t));
v= zeros(1,numel(t));
y= zeros(1,numel(t));
v(1)=v0;
y(1)=y0;
for i=2:1000
a(i-1)= -g+(tau*abs(v(i-1))*v(i-1));
v(i)= v(i-1)+a(i-1)*dt;
y(i)= y(i-1)+v(i-1)*dt+(1/2)*a(i-1)*dt^2;
end
vx0=50*cos(deg2rad(N));x0=0;
ax= zeros(1,numel(t));
vx= zeros(1,numel(t));
x= zeros(1,numel(t));
vx(1)=vx0;
x(1)=x0;
for i=2:1000
ax(i-1)= -tau*(vx(i-1))^2;
vx(i)= vx(i-1)+ax(i-1)*dt;
x(i)= x(i-1)+vx(i-1)*dt+(1/2)*ax(i-1)*dt^2;
end
plot(x,y);
ylim([0,65]);
end

Accepted Answer

Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 28 Oct 2017
In some code not shown here, you accidentally assigned a value to a variable named plot
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 30 Oct 2017
No, anything that is in your base workspace remains in your base workspace, and any variables you assign in the live script get assigned in the base workspace. Live scripts do not have their own workspace.
Jay
Jay on 31 Oct 2017
Understood. Thank you. You have been very helpful.

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