for loop break alternative

i have 3 for loops in my code, in the first for loop, a break is included in my if statment. apparently it breaks the whole code and does not move on to the for loop.

how can i fix this?

my code:

%DATA CLEANING

%initialising

s = 3; %3 cuz in 4loop 3-3 will give error

%CLEANING ARARAT WIND DATA

new_times_ararat = cell(52560,1);

for y=1:size(ararat_org)

s=s+1; %put limit to stop before

if s<52557

up3 = sum(new_data_info(s-3:s-1,10));

down3 = sum(new_data_info(s+1:s+3,10));

v_avg = (up3+down3)/6;

elseif s>52557

break

end

if new_data_info(s,10)<0

new_data_info(s,10) = v_avg;

%storing time of edit

t= datetime('now','Format','ydMHm');

new_times_ararat{s,1} = t; %this is so time is in the same row as the edited data.

elseif new_data_info(s,10)/v_avg > 1.7 %wb the 0.3?

new_data_info(s,10) = v_avg;

%storing time of edit

t= datetime('now','Format','ydMHm');

new_times_ararat{s,1} = t;

end

end

%CLEANING SILVERTOONE DATA

new_times_silvertoon = cell(52560,1);

for y=1:size(silvertoon_org)

s=s+1; %put limit to stop before

if s<52557

up3 = sum(new_data_info(s-3:s-1,11));

down3 = sum(new_data_info(s+1:s+3,11));

v_avg = (up3+down3)/6;

elseif s>52557

break

end

if new_data_info(s,11)<0

new_data_info(s,11) = v_avg;

%storing time of edit

t= datetime('now','Format','ydMHm');

new_times_ararat{s,1} = t; %this is so time is in the same row as the edited data.

elseif new_data_info(s,11)/v_avg > 1.7 %wb the 0.3?

new_data_info(s,11) = v_avg;

%storing time of edit

t= datetime('now','Format','ydMHm');

new_times_ararat{s,1} = t;

end

end

%CLEANING BOCOROCK DATA

new_times_bocorock = cell(52560,1);

for y=1:size(bocorock_org)

s=s+1; %put limit to stop before

if s<52557

up3 = sum(new_data_info(s-3:s-1,12));

down3 = sum(new_data_info(s+1:s+3,12));

v_avg = (up3+down3)/6;

elseif s>52557

break

end

if new_data_info(s,12)<0

new_data_info(s,12) = v_avg;

%storing time of edit

t= datetime('now','Format','ydMHm');

new_times_ararat{s,1} = t; %this is so time is in the same row as the edited data.

elseif new_data_info(s,12)/v_avg > 1.7 %wb the 0.3?

new_data_info(s,12) = v_avg;

%storing time of edit

t= datetime('now','Format','ydMHm');

new_times_ararat{s,1} = t;

end

end

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

break always terminates the for or while that it is inside. If you do not want to terminate the loop do not use break. Sometimes continue instead of break is appropriate