How to repeat the same function for different matrix ?

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Hello,
I have many vectors with different row sizes and I would like to repeat the same function for them.
Example:
A1 = [8; 9; 10]
A2 = [1; 2]
B1 = [0.1; 0.3; 0.6]
B2 = [0.5; 0.9]
P1 = A1 .* B1
P2 = A2 .* B2
...
How could I do to solve that?
Thanks in advance,
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Luna
Luna on 20 Mar 2019
Edited: Luna on 20 Mar 2019
Do you want to get each P for each A and B seperately? or the P will be a long vector?
Also your vectors in your workspace or defined in a variable? Simply you can do this:
vectorA = [A1;A2; .. bla bla .. An];
vectorB = [B1;B2; .. bla bla .. Bn];
vectorP = vectorA .* vectorB;
Stephen23
Stephen23 on 20 Mar 2019
Edited: Stephen23 on 20 Mar 2019
"But I want to do that for many vectors A (A1, A2, A3, ...) and vectors B(B1, B2, B3, ...)"
Numbered variables are a sign that you are doing something wrong.
Dynamically accessing badly named variables is one way that beginners force themselves into writing slow, complex, obfuscated, buggy code that is hard to debug. Read this to know why:
"How to repeat the same function for different matrix ?"
This is trivial using idnexing.
Indexing is simple, neat, compact, easy to debug, and very efficient (unlike what you are trying to do). You should use indexing, just like experienced MATLAB users do.

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Answers (1)

YUNUS AKSOY
YUNUS AKSOY on 20 Mar 2019
for c=1:2;
eval(['P',num2str(c),'=A',num2str(c),'.*B',num2str(c),';']);
end
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Stephen23
Stephen23 on 20 Mar 2019
Edited: Stephen23 on 20 Mar 2019
Note that the MATLAB documentation specifically recommends avoiding doing this:
Dynamically accessing badly named variables is one way that beginners force themselves into writing slow, complex, obfuscated, buggy code that is hard to debug. Read this to know why:
Indexing is simple, neat, compact, easy to debug, and very efficient (unlike what you recommend). Experienced MATLAB users recommend indexing, you can too.
Rachel Sabioni
Rachel Sabioni on 20 Mar 2019
Thank you all for your help and explanations. I am a beginner in MATLAB and yours comments have helped me a lot !!

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