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Perform operations while a specific condition is true

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Perform operations while a specific condition is true

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- [Instructor] Some loops let you repeat actions a set number of times, such as the number of values in a vector. Sometimes, you'll either face random or unknown inputs and need the loop to stop when limit is reached or before. In this movie, I will show you how to use a while loop to prevent MATLAB from exceeding a value. I am in a blank command window, but what I need to do is create a script. So on the home tab, I will click New Script. Or I could've also pressed control N. The scenario that I have in mind is one where I have a container and I can load it up to a certain weight, but I absolutely cannot go over. That means that I need to check the weight as I go, and refuse an item that would put the box over its weight limit. I will start by defining a variable called totalweight and assign it the value of zero and I'll follow that with a semicolon so I don't get any output. Then nextitem also equals zero. I'm initializing these variables to zero. They will change later. Then…

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