Write a function that checks whether an element occurs in a list.

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function Checking(x)
a=([1,3,5,8,9]);
if x==a
disp('It is an element')
else
disp('Not an element')
end
end

Answers (3)

Stephen23
Stephen23 on 12 Jun 2015
Edited: Stephen23 on 12 Jun 2015
Actually your code just needs the addition of any to work correctly:
function Checking(x)
a = [1,3,5,8,9];
if any(x==a)
disp('It is an element')
else
disp('Not an element')
end
end
and here it is being tested:
>> Checking(2)
Not an element
>> Checking(3)
It is an element
Read the if documentation carefully to know why this works!

Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 1 Aug 2021
function Checking(x)
if ismember(x, [1,3,5,8,9])
disp('It is an element')
else
disp('Not an element')
end
end

Sreeja Banerjee
Sreeja Banerjee on 12 Jun 2015
Hi Yeap,
Assuming that x is the element you want to check and a is the array, this function will not because you are comparing a 1x1 double with a 1xn double array. You need to compare each element of a with that of x.
Please look at the following code where I have used a FOR loop:
function Checking(x)
a=([1,3,5,8,9]);
for i = 1:length(a)
if x==a(i)
disp('It is an element')
else
disp('Not an element')
end
end
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 12 Jun 2015
Note that will say it is Not an element once for each element of "a" that it does not equal.

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