Loop with different outcome name

Hi,

I'm trying to create a loop that gives me outcomes with different names

For example,

for x=1:3

y=x+2

end

This code gives me y=3, y=4, y=5

But I want to change my code so that it gives me something like

y1=3, y2=4, y3=5

so that I would be able to know which y corresponds to which x values later.

Is there anyway to acheive this?

Many thanks in advance!

[Stephen23]

"But I want to change my code so that it gives me something like y1=3, y2=4, y3=5"

That would be about the worst approach to storing data. Read this to know why:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/304528-tutorial-why-variables-should-not-be-named-dynamically-eval

The simple, neat, and very efficient MATLAB approach is to use indexing. You should use indexing too.

Answer 1

[Ameer Hamza]

Creating variable names like y1, y2, ... is not a good coding practice and highly non-recommended: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/304528-tutorial-why-variables-should-not-be-named-dynamically-eval. A better approach is to use array

y = zeros(1, 3)
for x = 1:3
    y(i) = x+2
end

Then access values using indexing

y(1) % access first element

Read about indexing in MATLAB: https://www.mathworks.com/company/newsletters/articles/matrix-indexing-in-matlab.html

Also, note that your for-loop can be vectorized

x = 1:3;
y = x+2;