Need help with a While loop: Summation

% Write a while loop that assigns summedValue with the sum of all values from 1 to userNum. 
% Assume userNum is always greater than or equal to 1 

function summedValue = SummationWithLoop(userNum)
% Summation of all values from 1 to userNum

    summedValue = 0;
    i = 1; 
while (i<=userNum);
    i=i+1
   SummationWithLoop
    % Write a while loop that assigns summedValue with the 
    % sum of all values from 1 to userNum    

end

[Lily Pestorius]

Sorry I forgot to include what I am confused about. I am a little confused about which variables I should be putting where, I know that if SummationWithLoop is 5 then the answer should be 15 (1+2+3+4+5=15).

[Cris LaPierre]

Did you mean to create a recursive function?

Answer 1

[Jan]

You need this line:

summedValue = summedValue + i;

There is no need to call this function recursively, so omit the line

SummationWithLoop