MATLAB: How to use the break in a loop

breakelseiffor looploop

Im trying to create a code that modifies a game. This game is you have 3 tries to guess a number 0-10. If you fail 10 times it will end the game and display 'dumb'. I have done all of that up to the point where it displays dumb, but it will not end the game it just continues. What do I need to change for it to end?
R=floor ( rand()*10 );
count=0;
while (1)
    for i=1:10
      guess=input('Guess a number between 0 to 10    ');
      if (R>guess)
          disp('Your guess is too small')
      elseif (R<guess)
          disp('Your guess is too large')
      elseif (R==guess)
          disp('You are correct! It is ');guess
          break;
      end
          count=count+1
            if(count==3)
              disp('You Failed The Game, Try Again')
              count=0;
               if i==10
              disp('DUMB')
              break;
               end
            end 
  end
end

Best Answer

Hi Taylor,
The problem with the 'break' statement is that you have 2 loops executing, a while loop and a for loop.
When the break statement is executed it exits the for loop but starts back up since the while loop is still executing.
You could add a similar 'if' statement outside the for loop but still inside the while statement to break again.
      end % end of for loop
      if i==30
        break
      end
  end % end of while loop
There is another issue in your code since it only allows 10 guesses before restarting and since each game is 3 guesses long it end up restarting after 1 guess in the 4th game.
Best of Luck,
Chris
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