MATLAB: How to find max value of a function with a for loop

for loop

Hi,
I have a vector x and a vector y with both vectors having 10 elements and I have a function which uses a for loop to give a value to a variable e with each respective value of y and x. The for loop works as such;
for i=1:length(x)
e=y(i)-(m*x(i)+b)
end
and I want to display only the max value of e in the command window and the respective x and y elements that correspond to it. How would I do this?

Best Answer

Make e a vector. E.g.,
for i=1:length(x)
    e(i) = y(i) - (m*x(i)-b);  % <-- Are you sure that isn't supposed to be (m*x(i) + b) with a plus?
end
Then use the max function:
[E,Z] = max(abs(e));
E will contain the max (abs), and Z will contain the index of the max, so
e(Z) is the max (abs)
x(Z) is the x of the max
y(Z) is the y of the max
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