find is not working in a loop, it skips numbers

Hello,

I am using a loop with a "find" to indentify the rows in the third column that have the same number (e.g. 0.75 etc), then I select which to chose based on a criterio. In some cases for example 0.82, 0.93 the function find returns a zero array instead of an array with ones at the locations of the number. Depending on the limits of the initial range ("sisto" in the code below) it skips different number. I tried to correct using the mask instead of the find but I am still having the same results. Could you please help me with this? (I attach the text file with the input matrix) Thanks.

load('HP4140AT5OR40DOS.txt');
LINE=HP4140AT5OR40DOS;
x=LINE(:,3);
sisto = 0.60:0.01:1;
s=size(sisto,2)
for i=1:s 
sisto(i)   
find = (x==sisto(i));
MA=LINE(find,:)
dast=MA(:,5); %the storage days
ouf=abs(40-dast)% how close they are to 30
[minValue, minIndex] = min(ouf)
point=MA(minIndex,:)%the point I select for this wind contribution
end

[Stephen23]

"find is not working in a loop, it skips numbers"

FIND is working. Your numbers are different.

"Could you please help me with this?"

Do not use EQ to compare exact equality of binary floating point numbers. Always compare using a tolerance, e.g.:

tol = 1e-5; % select this value depending on the data
abs(A-B)<tol

[Steven Lord]

If you're using a release that has it, use the isapprox function.

Answer 1

[Torsten]

Never test two double precision numbers for equality. Because of floating point arithmetic, they will almost always be classified as different.

Replace

find = (x==sisto(i));

by

find = abs(x-sisto(i))<1e-6;

And better don't use the name "find" for the variable. You overwrite the internal MATLAB function "find":

https://uk.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/find.html

[Katerina F]

Thank you. It works. I understand now.