using if, else-if and else

Hi i am trying to figure out how i can use if, elseif and else to find the first value in an array to fall below the value 5, any help understanding how this can be done would be appreciated.

thanks

[James Tursa]

Please show the code you have written so far and we can comment on it and make suggestions.

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/6200-tutorial-how-to-ask-a-question-on-answers-and-get-a-fast-answer

Answer 1

[pfb]

If I get it right, you have an array and you want to find its first value (index-wise) less than 5. If this is the case, and there is no particular reason forcing you to use "if", "then" and "else", then you can achieve this very easily. Assuming that your vector is called v, the index of the element you are looking for is

 i = min(find(v<5));

Note that if all the elements of v are >= 5, the instruction

 find(v<5)

will output an empty vector "[]", and the same will do the "min" function. Therefore, you'll get

 i = []

[Augustine Onafeko]

Thanks a lot