Trouble With Simple 'while' Loop Logical Operator

Can't seem to get my while loop to execute.
-No error showing
-Getting rid of 1 initial condition in 'while' loop and the script runs (not how I want though). I need my 'while' loop to accept a number between 1 and 12 (corresponds to 1=Jan, 2=Feb, etc).
Any help with this greatly appreciated!
Script Below:
clear all
clc
M = 100;
Y = -100;
disp('After selecting a month and year, the number of days within that month will be displayed.')
while Y<0
Y = input('Please select a year: ');
end
while (M<0) & (M>12)
M = input('Please select a month: ');
end

 Accepted Answer

It would appear you need an OR logical operator in the
while (M<0) & (M>12)
I.e. make it
while (M<0) || (M>12)

3 Comments

Jan
Jan on 30 Jan 2013
Edited: Jan on 30 Jan 2013
Obviously this cannot be true ever: "M lower than 0 and M greater than 12". Frequently reading the source code loud helps to find bugs.
Thanks so much! I thought I went through all the logical operators for the sake of debugging but I guess I didn't. Thanks again :)
Btw., omit the useless clear all: removing all loaded functions from the memory wastes time only. If you really want to clear the variables, use clear variabels.

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