how to continuously loop until a condition is met?

I have a set of data that is varying throughout (force plate data) . I am trying to find the bodyweight of the particpants as it loops through the whole script. I tried to use the mode(A) function and it worked for most but not all as the data varies between them all. So, how can i write a loop that keeps using the mode function until it finds a value that is above 400 and below 1000?

[jessupj]

see the idea of a 'while' loop. you'd want something like:

value = InF;
while ~(value>400 && value<1000 );
    % perform operations
    value = ??? % some updated value based on the operations at this stage
end

Answer 1

[madhan ravi]

value = % calculate mode;
while 1
    if ((value <= 4e2) && (value <= 1e3))
        break
    else
        % value = calculate mode again , if it doesn't satisfy
    end
end

[rafe brooks]

how could i then find the mode and if it is not within those values, remove that mode and then redo the mode until it fits?

[jessupj]

why would a nested control structure with a 'break' be preferred to a simple while statement?

you could also generate an error when the criterion is met, and use a try...catch block to exit the process, but that is not preferred either.

[madhan ravi]

"why would a nested control structure with a 'break' be preferred to a simple while statement?"

Who said it was preferred?

[jessupj]

the simplest solution that solves the problem is preferred.

if

while TRUE;
    if (condition)
        break
    else
        % stuff
    end
end

and

while ~(condition);
  %stuff
end

solve the same problem, the second one is PREFERRED, no?

[Walter Roberson]

Sometimes when a user talks about continuing to search until a condition holds, the code is more naturally of the form

while true
    do some calculation
    if a condition holds
       break
    end
    do some more calculation
end

for example

while true
    xnew = 1 - f(xold).^2;
    if xnew > 0.99
        break
    end
    xold = xnew;
end

Yes, the form could be rewritten as a while with a condition, but it is not always natural to do so

initialize variables so that condition is false
first_time = true;
while ~condition
    if first_time
        first_time = false;
    else
        do some more calculation
    end
    do some calculation
end

[jessupj]

i agree completely that there are instances where this would be the natural way to do it. however, i did not (and still don't... ) see anything in the OP question that indicates it is 'more natural' here.