MATLAB: error Subscripted assignment dimension mismatch

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I keep getting the error "Subscripted assignment dimension mismatch" for the x_values line. I've tried switching parenthesis but I can't figure it out. I'm not very good with MATLAB and this code is super long so I didn't want to post the whole thing.

for m = 1:num_part;
    for n = 2:num_steps;
    x_values(m,n) = x_values(m,n-1)+ stride_length .* (cos(step_angle(m,n)));
    y_values(m,n) = y_values(m,n-1)+ stride_length .* (sin(step_angle(m,n)));
    r_values (m,n) = sqrt(x_values(m,n).^2 + y_values(m,n).^2);
    if bound_cross(m)~=0;
        continue;
    elseif bound <= r_values(m,n);
            bound_cross (m,1) = n;
    end
end

num_part = input ('number of particles: '); I used 1000 num_steps = input ('number of steps: '); I used 100 stride_length = input ('length of stride: '); I used 1 bound = input('input bound: '); I used 20 bound_cross = [num_part, 1] ; — Emily Shelby

Huá dé ní 華得尼 Huá dé ní 華得尼 · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-01T08:20:20

As I figured out, error is in the variable bound_cross. If you have defined it in the way you replied in the comment as 'bound_cross = [num_part, 1]', it creates a 1*2 element matrix only. But if you needed a 20*1 matrix, you have to specifically define it. Jut to check the code, I used an empty matrix and it worked fine.

num_part = 20;
num_steps = 1000;
stride_length = 100;
bound = 1;
bound_cross = ones(num_part, 1) ;
x_values = zeros(num_part, num_steps);
y_values = x_values;
r_values = x_values;
step_angle = x_values;

for m = 1:num_part;
    for n = 2:num_steps;
        x_values(m,n) = x_values(m,n-1)+ stride_length .* (cos(step_angle(m,n)));
        y_values(m,n) = y_values(m,n-1)+ stride_length .* (sin(step_angle(m,n)));
        r_values (m,n) = sqrt(x_values(m,n).^2 + y_values(m,n).^2);
        if bound_cross(m)~=0;
            continue;
        elseif bound <= r_values(m,n);
            bound_cross (m,1) = n;
        end
    end
end

MATLAB: error Subscripted assignment dimension mismatch

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