Assign variable spend to true or false based on the parameters

% my output for this code is spend= logical 0 but I need it to be true or false
%please help
profit_mild = 100000;
prob_freezing = 0.25;
prob_damage = 0.4;
damage_reduction = 60000;
protection_cost = 5000;

mu = (1 - prob_freezing) * profit_mild + prob_freezing*(damage_reduction);

spend =mu >= profit_mild-protection_cost

Answer 1

[Voss]

profit_mild = 100000;
prob_freezing = 0.25;
prob_damage = 0.4;
damage_reduction = 60000;
protection_cost = 5000;
mu = (1 - prob_freezing) * profit_mild + prob_freezing*(damage_reduction);
spend =mu >= profit_mild-protection_cost

spend = logical
   0

logical 0 is false

isequal(spend,false)

ans = logical
   1

and logical 1 is true

isequal(logical(1),true)

ans = logical
   1

[Voss]

If you want to display (or otherwise use) the character vectors 'true' and 'false' based on the value of spend, then you can do something like this:

ft = {'false','true'};

% say spend is false
spend = false;

ch = ft{1+spend};
disp(ch);

false

% say spend is true
spend = true;

ch = ft{1+spend};
disp(ch);

true

[Walter Roberson]

Logical 0 or 1 is how they are displayed

true

ans = logical
   1

false

ans = logical
   0