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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear all, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For a simulation, I need to update a matrix in a loop. The thing is, I only need to update a few rows. And since this code is to be used in different part, I would like to include it in a function. Beside I would like to avoid using “global” variable. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here is it what I want to do : <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>myMat = zeros(nrow, ncol)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For I =1 :i_max<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'>fUpdateMat( reference myMat)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> etc…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>end<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>function fUpdateMat(Mat)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Mat(2:3) = …<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Mat(4) = …<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Mat(10) = …<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Etc…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>end function<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I do not want to include this into a scrip (.sce) file and execute it with “exec” because reading a written file in a loop slows down the computation greatly.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I would be pleased if you have any suggestion. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Laurent<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#00B0F0'>__________________________________</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#00B0F0'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#404040'>Laurent Cetinsoy</span></b><b><span style='color:#404040'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#404040'>Research Analyst<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#404040'>Health Economics and Outcomes Research<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:gray'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'><img width=183 height=44 id="Image_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CDC3E6.2305CED0" alt="LOGO Q + CLAIM HD petite"></span><span lang=FR style='color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>215, rue du Faubourg St-Honoré</span><span lang=FR style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>75008 Paris - France</span><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>Phone: +33 1 76 70 47 90<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>Fax: +33 1 53 75 49 24<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR><a href="http://www.creativ-ceutical.com/"><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>www.creativ-ceutical.com</span></a></span><u><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>