working in matlab, i have a 5x4 matrix. each number in the matrix represents a c

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working in matlab, i have a 5x4 matrix. each number in the matrix represents a city. im trying to make an array that turns the city number into the city name so i can display it. my code looks like this

for p=1:stops

for c=1:stops-1
if citytracker(p:c)==1
citydisplay(p,c)='Amherst';
  
elseif citytracker(p:c)==2
citydisplay(p,c)='Springfield';
  
elseif citytracker(p:c)==3
citydisplay(p,c)='Boston';
  
elseif citytracker(p:c)==4
citydisplay(p,c)='Greenfield';
  
elseif citytracker(p:c)==5
citydisplay(p,c)='Worcester';
end
end
end

it doesnt work, i get citys in a diagonal. any ideas?

Explanation / Answer

Sol: I suppose you are getting the cities in the diagonal of the array 'citydisplay' and the numbers are stored in the array 'citytracker'. One problem I can see here is with this code:

if citytracker(p:c)==1
citydisplay(p,c)='Amherst';

instead of this, use this-

if citytracker(p,c)==1
citydisplay(p,c)='Amherst';

and the same for other elseif statements. Array elements in MATLAB are accessed with (row,column) and not (row:column), so this should work.

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