Counting in a loop

Hi, i'm having trouble getting my answer in the from of an array when calling a previously defined function inside a for loop. Am i calling or defining the counting varibale wrong or am i not calling it in the right places. Please help.

function times = timeLoop(startVelocity, distance)

for i = (1:length(startVelocity))

times = fallTime(startVelocity(i), distance(i));

end

end

call using times = timeLoop([2, -3, 5],[100, 150, 300])

supposed to get times = 4.3160 5.8443 7.3275

keep getting times = 7.3275

Answer 1

[madhan ravi]

Note: Never name a variable times.

function TimeS = timeLoop(startVelocity, distance)
         TimeS = zeros(size(startVelocity));
    for ii = 1 : numel(startVelocity) % loop could be avoided if fallTime() is vectorised
        TimeS(ii) = fallTime(startVelocity(ii), distance(ii));
    end
end

[Alexandra Bukowska]

thank you

[madhan ravi]

Alexandra:

sorry, i figured it out, just need to define times with the counter too.

function times = timeLoop5(startVelocity, distance)
    for i = (1:length(startVelocity))
        times(i) = fallTime(startVelocity(i), distance(i));
    end
end

[madhan ravi]

As suggested in my answer don't use a variable named times , it'll shadow the inbuilt function times() .

Always preallocate the variable before the loop.

Never use i as an iterator because MATLAB also interprets it as an imaginary unit.