for loop execution problem

for the code below pls ignore all except colonysize my problem is my colonysize is 6 but when i execute colonsize/2 i have to get 3 but for the sample of code below its getting as 1 when i write the code as

    for  i = 1:colonysize/2;
        j = randperm(siz);
        k = randperm(colonysize/2);
        but for below case when j is initiaised first it works fine 

 for j = randperm(siz)
        i = 1:colonysize/2;
        k = randperm(colonysize/2);
pi = randi([-1 1])*rand;  
        emp_bee(i,j) = bee(i,j) + (pi * (bee(i,j)-bee(k,j)));
end

bee(i,j) is a 3x5 matrix

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

what is siz

there is an end missing

[PK]

siz=5

Answer 1

[Wayne King]

I do not have any difficulty with either of these for loops

 colonysize = 6;
 siz = 5;
 bee = randn(3,5);
 for  i = 1:colonysize/2;
        j = randperm(siz);
        k = randperm(colonysize/2);
 end

Or

for j = randperm(siz)
      i = 1:colonysize/2;
      k = randperm(colonysize/2);
pip = randi([-1 1])*rand;  
      emp_bee(i,j) = bee(i,j) + (pip * (bee(i,j)-bee(k,j)));
end

I changed pi to pip above. Are you sure you want to overwrite pi in MATLAB?