Tic Toc seems disturb the operation of if-else function in the for-loop
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Hi,
I put the function tic and toc in the for loop but it looks that it disturb the working of if-else function in the same loop. Below is my code.
A = 10;
order = randperm(A);
for Trial = 1:A;
ImageOrder = [num2str(order(Trial)) '.jpg'];
IMG = imread(ImageOrder);
imshow(IMG);
Start = tic;
k = waitforbuttonpress;
Key(Trial) = double(get(gcf,'CurrentCharacter'));
if order(Trial) < 6;
if Key == 28
IMG_X = imread('x.jpg');
imshow(IMG_X);
pause(1);
end
else order(Trial) > 5;
if Key == 29
IMG_X = imread('x.jpg');
imshow(IMG_X);
pause(1);
end
end
Elapsed(Trial) = toc(Start);
end
Before I put Tic and Toc in the for-loop, if-else functions were working fine, but now they are not working. Is it correct that tic and toc disturb the operation of if-else? Thanks!
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Rik
on 18 Apr 2017
I don't any reason why this would be the case. Sometimes old variables can stick around longer than they should, which may cause unexpected results. You can avoid this by using functions instead of scripts, or (if you have a VERY good reason not to use functions) clear variables.
If you already this either of these, I don't have an explanation.
Answers (2)
Jan
on 18 Apr 2017
Edited: Jan
on 18 Apr 2017
No, tic/toc does not influence the if command. This is a magic idea and Matlab does not do such strange things. Otherwise you could not use Matlab for predicatble results.
The code contains another problem:
if order(Trial) < 6;
...
else order(Trial) > 5;
...
end
This is equivalent to:
...
else
order(Trial) > 5;
...
This compares the value of order(Trial) with 5, but ignores the result. Do you mean:
elseif order(Trial) > 5;
?
Seeing this problem, I'm convinced that tic/toc did not chnage anything. Try it by your own: comment the tic/toc lines and check, if this changes anything. Then fix the "elseif" problem and check it again.
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