Write a script to calculate the sum of even numbers from between 1 to 1000

%program to cal the sum of %even no from between 1 to %1000
Num=input('enter integer no')
Counter=1
Increase counter by 1
Until 
Counter=1000
Sum= counter + counter
Disp('sum')
End

[Rik]

This is probably a homework assignment, aimed at learning to use the for and if functions. If that is the case, the answer by Anton is not valid, but you shouldn't be using it anyway. You can find guidelines for posting homework on this forum here.

Answer 1

[Anton Semechko]

Here is the script

sum(2:2:1000)

Answer 2

[Jan]

Concerning you pseudo-code:

% There is no need to enter a number.
% Num = input('enter integer no')

% You want the *even* numbers, so start at 2:
Counter = 2

Then an initialization of "Sum" is missing:

Sum = 0;

% Increase counter by *2* (not by 1)
% Until Counter=1000
while Counter <= 1000
  Sum = Sum + Counter;     % Matlab is case-sensitive
  Counter = Counter + 2;   % Increase the Counter
end
disp(Sum)                  % disp('Sum') would show the string 'Sum'

A for loop is usually shorter:

s = 0;
for k = 2:2:1000
  s = s + k;
end
disp(s)

Anton posted an even nicer solution.

But do you remember Gauss? You do not need to add all elements, because you can get the result much cheaper. The sum of N even numbers is N*(N+1). Here N is 1000/2, but in the general case:

function S = SumOfEven(X)
N = floor(X / 2);  % round() to consider odd value of X
S = N * (N + 1);
end

No loops needed :-)

Welcome to Matlab. This forum does not solve homework questions usually for good reasons. But your pseudo-code was very far away from Matlab, such that I wanted to give you a short overview to get in touch with this language. To solve the coming homework questions or to learn Matlab in general, read the "Getting Started" chapters of the documentation and launch the free MATLAB Onramp.