How to sum vectors in a loop where it cumulatively sums with the vector created in the previous loop?

I am currently trying to create a loop where the code sums up numbers from the previous total each time. I have the variable dispSum which adds the displacement vector from row 1 + row 2. Then I want to add dispSum (row1+row2) with the displacment vector from row 3. This would continue until all the displacement vectors have been used so the code is constantly adding the total value. Currently what I have is dispSum adds the previous vector with the next row vector so I am not getting a grand total. How do I change this?

rad1 = [-30.4 -30];
K = 0;
disp = [];
for j = 1:length(medXY1);
    K = K+1;
    disp(K,1) = medXY2(j,1)-medXY1(j,1);
    disp(K,2) = medXY2(j,2)-medXY1(j,2);
end 
L0 =  dot(disp(1,:),rad1);
k = 1;
dispSum = [];
L = [];
strain = [];
%dispSum1 = plus(disp(1,:),disp(2,:));
for j = 1:length(disp)-1;
    dispSum(j,:) = plus(disp(j,:),disp(j+1,:));
    L(j,:) = dot(dispSum(j,:),rad1);
    strain = (L-L0)/L0;
end

Answer 1

[Cris LaPierre]

I think you want to use cumsum. Also, you should take advantage of MATLAB's ability to handle matrices.

rad1 = [-30.4 -30];
disp = medXY2-medXY1;
L0 =  dot(disp(1,:),rad1);
dispSum = cumsum(disp);
L = dot(dispSum,ones(length(disp),1)*rad1,2);
strain = (L-L0)/L0;

[Danielle Wilson]

I tried cumsum but this is only adding the two adjacent rows where I want to add all the previous rows for each vector. It is not giving me the accurate value.

[madhan ravi]

Could you explicitly give an example of the desired output?

[Danielle Wilson]

dispSum1 = disp row1+disp row2

dispSum2 = dispSum1 + disp row 3

dispSum3 = dispSum2 +disp row 4

so I have a 2x61 matrix of all the dispSum values

[Cris LaPierre]

Each row is the cumulative sum of all the previous rows and itself. If I had the following array:

disp = 

     2     1
     2     3
     2     5
     2     7
     2     9

cumsum would produce an array of the same size where the value in the second row is the sum of the vectors on the 1st and 2nd row. The third row is the sum of the vectors on rows 1-3, etc.

cumsum(disp)

ans =

     2     1
     4     4
     6     9
     8    16
    10    25

What do you mean it's not giving you the accurate value?

[Cris LaPierre]

Ok, so if you want

dispSum(1,:) = disp(1,:)+disp(2,:)

that means dispSum is one row 'shorter' than disp. If that's what you want then do the following

dispSum = cumsum(disp);
dispSum(1,:)=[];