Nested loops related question

Let's say I have a similiar loop to this one: ( This two loops are inside another one, but the issue isn't there )

for j = 1:length(path{i})
        fprintf('%d ',path{i}(j))
        for k = 1:length(dist_parc{i})
            fprintf(' (%d) ', dist_parc{i}(k));
        end
end

With this loop ( if j = 1:2 ) , what I'm trying to obtain is something like this -> numberfromJ (numberfromK) numberfromJ. But what I'm getting is -> numberfromJ (numberfromK) numberfromJ (numberfromK). So, after the second j loop I didn't want it to go back to k.

What I'm looking for is a way to loop the main one N times and the nested loop only N-1 times. Any way I can do this?

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What I'm looking for is a way to loop the main one N times and the nested loop only N-1 times. Any way I can do this?

Cant be achieved like this?

for j = 1:5
    for k = 1:j-1
        [j,k]
    end
end

Answer 1

[Jos (10584)]

for j = 1:N
  % commands here are executed N times
  if j < N
     % commands here are executed N-1 times, for example a nested loop:
     % for k = ...
     % end 
  end
end