Is it possible to have two indices in a for loop?

for i = [3 5 7 9 11 12 14 15 16 17]
    for k = 1:length(pathwayEMG_HR)
        for s = 2:6  
            time = AEMGstructHR(i,k).data.data(:,1); 
            AEMGtemp = AEMGstructHR(i,k).data.data;
            Spier = AEMGtemp(:,s); 
            
            fs = 900; 
            N = 2; 
            fc1 = 5; 
            fc2 = 200;
            [b,a] = butter(N,[fc1/(fs/2) fc2/(fs/2)]);
            filtSpier = filtfilt(b,a,Spier);
            
          
            if i == 11 && k == 1 && s == 2 
                figure()
                plot(time, filtSpier);
                xlabel('time [s]');
                ylabel('EMG [V]');
                title ('EMG TD11 HR1 Rectus Femoris')
            end
        end
    end 

Is it possible to have 2 indices in the same for loop? (i and k)

Because this code gives us errors al the time.

Thank you for helping!

[Paul Hoffrichter]

>> Because this code gives us errors al the time.

I do not see how having two indices in a for-loop is going to solve whatever your error is. You should post the error and the line. In the Run button, check the Pause on Error to be able to examine the variables for the error line.

Answer 1

[Jan]

iList = [3 5 7 9 11 12 14 15 16 17];
for = 1:length(pathwayEMG_HR)
    i = iList(k);
    ...
end

By the wy: Move this expensive and constant part before the loop to save energy:

            fs = 900; 
            N = 2; 
            fc1 = 5; 
            fc2 = 200;
            [b,a] = butter(N,[fc1/(fs/2) fc2/(fs/2)]);

Answer 2

[Paul Hoffrichter]

Jan's solution appears to not provide all combinations of (i,k) for the 2D array, AEMGstructHR. So I do not see how that construction is identical to the OP since most of the 2D array, AEMGstructHR, is not used.

iList = [3 5 7 9 11 12 14 15 16 17];
for k = 1:length(pathwayEMG_HR)
    i = iList(k);
    ...
end

BTW, this saves even more energy by removing more items out of the innermost loop.

fs = 900;
N = 2;
fc1 = 5;
fc2 = 200;

[b,a] = butter(N,[fc1/(fs/2) fc2/(fs/2)]);

for i = [3 5 7 9 11 12 14 15 16 17]
   for k = 1:length(pathwayEMG_HR)
      time = AEMGstructHR(i,k).data.data(:,1);
      AEMGtemp = AEMGstructHR(i,k).data.data;

      for s = 2:6
         Spier = AEMGtemp(:,s);
         
         filtSpier = filtfilt(b,a,Spier);
         
         if i == 11 && k == 1 && s == 2
            figure()
            plot(time, filtSpier);
            xlabel('time [s]');
            ylabel('EMG [V]');
            title ('EMG TD11 HR1 Rectus Femoris')
         end
      end
   end
end

[Jan]

"Jan's solution appears to not provide all combinations of (i,k) for the 2D array" - exactly. This is my interpretation of "have 2 indices in the same for loop? (i and k)". "Two indices in the same loop" does not mean "all combinations". Otherwise two loops would be sufficient already.

Let's wait until the OP explains, what is meant or missing.

Answer 3

[Paul Hoffrichter]

>> Is it possible to have 2 indices in the same for loop? (i and k).

In your i- and k-loops, you are considering every combination of i and k.

If so, to get all combinations of the i- and k-loops into one for-loop, first consider this double loop:

iList = [3 5 7 9 11 12 14 15 16 17];
kList = [2 6 8];

for i = 1:length(iList)
   for k =  1:length(kList)
      disp([iList(i) kList(k)])
   end
end

Here is an equivalent single loop:

[m,n] = ndgrid(kList, iList);
Z = [ n(:), m(:)];

for ii = 1:length(Z(:,1))
   i = Z(ii, 1);
   k = Z(ii, 2);
   disp([i k])
end