SUM OF (-1^K)/FACTORIAL(K+1)

PLEASE HELP!

I CAN NOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE A SUM OF k = 1 TO 6

(-1)^K/(FACTORIAL (K+1)

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

First, use element-wise operations:

k = 1:6;
v = (-1).^k./factorial(k+1)
sv = sum(v)

See Array vs. Matrix Operations for a detailed discussion.

Answer 2

[blake brandt]

how would i solve this using a while loop?

[Star Strider]

Thia seems to be homework, so write it and find out!