repeating elements in weird fashion.

(1,1) = 162 so after reading this it has to repeat 'X' 162 times vertically

(1,2) = 173 so after reading this it has to repeat 'A' 173 times vertically

(1,3) = 162 so after reading this it has to repeat 'X' 162 times vertically

(1,4) = 173 so after reading this it has to repeat 'B' 173 times vertically

similarly for the rest of the matrix.

Answer 1

[John D'Errico]

help repelem

MAtLAB is not a spreadsheet though. I would suggest that you are thinking of it as one, and until you free yourself of thinking that way, to think of MATLAB as a language itself instead of just a spreadsheet interface, your code will stay at that level.