Help with If statement in the Fibonacci sequence

Want to create a function to display the Fibonacci numbers up to 30, if a number larger than 30 is entered I want the error message 'Number too big' to be displayed. This is what I have so far. Not sure where I am going wrong.
%% Calculate the first 30 numbers of the Fibonacci sequence, >30 display error message
function fib=FunctionFib2(n)
fib = zeros (1,n);
fib(1)=1;
fib(2)=1;
for i=3:n
fib (i)=fib (i-1) + fib (i-2);
if (n > 30)
disp('Number too big')
end
end

Answers (1)

sixwwwwww
sixwwwwww on 13 Oct 2013
Edited: sixwwwwww on 13 Oct 2013
Dear Sarah, here is correction in your code:
function fib = FunctionFib2(n)
if n > 30
error('Number is too big')
else
fib = zeros(1,n);
fib(1) = 0;
fib(2) = 1;
for i = 3:n
fib(i) = fib(i - 1) + fib(i - 2);
end
end

2 Comments

There is a typo: Sarah wants to start with [1, 1].
Maybe but original Fibonacci series start from 0. I was not well aware with that so I consulted the following link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_number. However in order to have series start from 1 then
fib = zeros(1,n); --> fib = ones(1,n);
and directly start the loop

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