Why am I getting a Parse error for a sequence?

I get the following errors when trying to write the code below: "Parse error at 1:usage may be invalid Matlab syntax"

"File: RunGA.m Line: 44 Column: 12

Invalid expression. Check for missing multiplication operator, missing or unbalanced delimiters, or other syntax

error. To construct matrices, use brackets instead of parentheses."

Code:

for it 1:MaxIt

end

The 'it' stands for iteration, the 1 is for iteration 1, and MaxIt is for the maximum number of iterations (which is 100 defined elsewhere).

The complete 'for' loop is here if needed:

%Main Loop of GA: (this does crossover and mutation)
    for it 1:MaxIt  %this starts 'for' loop and runs for MaxIt times.
    
        popc = repmat(empty_individual, nC/2, 2); %generates the population of children/offspring. Two's make it easire to sort in matrix.
    
        %Crossovers to be performed:
        for k = 1:nC/2
           
            %Select Parents for Crossover/offspring production.
            q = randperm(nPop); % here we are selecting to parents at random for nPop and also ensuring that they are different parents.
            p1 = pop(q(1)); %this takes the 1st member of the population from the random permutation above as parent #1 (p1).
            p2 = pop(q(2)); %this takes the 2nd member of the population from the random permutation above as parent #2 (p2).
        
            %Perform Crossover: uses definitions from SinglPoinCrossover file to define offspring and parents.
            [popc(k, 1).Position, popc(k, 2).Position] = SinglePointCrossover(p1.Position, p2.Position); %popc(k, 1).Position = y1 and popc(k, 2).Position = y2, and 'parent1.Position' and 'parent2.Position' is x1 and x2 from SinglePointCrossover.m.
            %line above tells us the posiiton of the 1st offspring in the kth column and 1st row and the 2nd offspring in the kth column and 2nd row 
            
        end
        
        %Covert popc to single-column matrix: get popc ready for mutation step.
        popc = popc(:); %the '(:)' Fn turns any matrix into a single column matrix.
        
        %Mutation: this randomly changes bits in offspring genetics.
        for l = 1:nC %this is an iteration of all members of popc.
        
            %Perform Mutation: This uses the code in 'Mutate.m' to change the value of the lth offspring.
            popc(l).Position = Mutate(popc(l).Posiiton, mu); %this mutates the lth element of our offspring pop (popc)with mutation rate, mu.
            
            %Evalute the Cost of popc(l): 
            popc(l).Cost = CostFunction(popc(l).Position);
            
            %Compare Solution to Best Solution Ever Found:
            if popc(l).Cost < bestsol.Cost
                bestsol = popc(l); %this says if pop(l) < bestsol, pop(l) becomes bestsol(this is garaunteed because of bestsol is initially = infininty)%b/c of this, bestsol gets updated regularly as better solutions are found.
            end
                        
        end
        
        %Update best cost of iteration: this takes the costs from pop(i)and popc(l) for each iteration and establishes the best cost value.
        bestcost(it) = bestsol.Cost;
        
        %Merge Populations: Here we'll merge pop(i) and popc values to sort and evaluate.
        pop = [pop; popc]; %here we concatonated the pop and popc 1x1 matrices vertically (note the ';' in the concatonation).
        
        
    end

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

It’s missing an equal (=) sign:

for it = 1:MaxIt  %this starts 'for' loop and runs for MaxIt times.

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[Bohdan Schatschneider]

HA!!! I stared at that for 2 hours trying to figure it out. Thanks.

[Star Strider]

My pleasure!

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