While loop to generate between 3 and 5 loops of user input numbers then multiply those user input numbers for a running product

hello ive started to use for and while loops in class to get a random number of loops asking for my input in a number then we need to add those numbers up to get a product ive done it with a for loop to get a sum of all numbers but i am stuck on the while loop and help would be apperciated her is the question; any help would be apperciated!

[dpb]

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[Walter Roberson]

The documentation for rand() shows how to generate a random number within a particular range.

Answer 1

[NVSL]

Hey @Alex Perez,

I see you want help in executing a while loop random number of times. Below is an example of how a random number can be generated in a specified range.

r = randi([3 5])

The above code generates a random integer in the range of 3 and 5 inclusive. You can use this “r” to control the number of iterations of while loop by using a counter variable. The below code snippet demonstrates how to do the same:

cnt = 0
while cnt < r
   %perform operations - like taking input and computing running product
   cnt=cnt+1
end

For more details, please refer to the following MathWorks documentations:

randi - https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/randi.html

while - https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/while.html

Hope this helps!