Basic bag on the return value of a function on matlab

Question

Consider the matlab function that describe in the image.

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As I run this function, I get that y = 1 insted of y = 7 as expected.

Why is this happening?

any response will be appreciated.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Because the while gets false from the first iteration and stop.

use while (a>=v(j)) to resolve your issue.