Subscript indices must either be real positive integers or logicals in an array

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thıs ıs my code ... but tehere ıs a problem ı guess about my type defınıtıon...

fat=[9.5 26.5 7.8 17.8 31.4 25.9 27.4 27.2 31.2 34.6 42.5 28.8 33.4 30.2 34.1 32.9 41.2 35.7]
fatSum=0;
for j:18
    fatSum=fatSum+fat(1,i)
end
fatMean=fatSum/18

Also see [this question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20054047/subscript-indices-must-either-be-real-positive-integers-or-logicals-generic-sol) for [the generic solution to this problem](http://stackoverflow.com/a/20054048/983722). — Dennis Jaheruddin, Nov 27 '13 at 15:42

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 26 '12 at 15:30

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Your loop statement is broken. Where you have for j:18 you should have for j = 1:18.

Your loop is unnecessary. You can sum the elements in an array like this: fatsum = sum(fat).

answered Mar 26 '12 at 15:30

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Subscript indices must either be real positive integers or logicals in an array

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