How can I add a Variable with a variable inside of it?

Hello, Im sorry if this seems like a really complicated question:

So my question is: I have Aircraft A , B and C; However I have just put Aircraft A, is it possible I can add different aircrafts as Objects? And How cause its really annoying that I have to add More aaircraft by adding more variables.

clc;
clear;
%inputs for aircraft A:
L_D = 15.9;
L_D_Loiter = 18.4;
Endurance = 35*60; 
C = 0.565/3600; 
Alt_Range = 185200; 
CruisingVelocity = 231.7661522; 
MissionAirRange = 5556000; 
Wo = 75e3; 
Wpay = 16e3
% FUEL FRACTION ESTIMATION
MainMissionFuelRatio = exp(
(-MissionAirRange*C)/(CruisingVelocity*(L_D)
)
); 
loiter = exp(
(-Endurance*C)/(
(L_D_Loiter)
)
); 
AltMissionFuelRatio = exp(
(-Alt_Range*C)/(CruisingVelocity*(L_D)
)
); 
Additional_Weight_Fraction = 0.995*0.99*0.98*0.995*0.995*0.999*0.99*0.995*0.95; 
FuelFraction = 1 - (MainMissionFuelRatio*AltMissionFuelRatio*loiter*Additional_Weight_Fraction);
% TOTAL WEIGHT ESTIMATION:
k = 1;
error = 1;
while (error>= 0.05)
 
We_Wo = 0.97*Wo(k)^-0.06; 
% Empty weight fraction 
 
Wo(k+1) = Wpay/(1- We_Wo- FuelFraction); 
% Total weight est
 
error = abs(
(Wo(k+1)-Wo(k)
)/Wo(k)
);
 
k = k+1;
 
end

[Stephen23]

"Hello, Im sorry if this seems like a really complicated question"

The question is very simple and so is the answer: use arrays.

"...its really annoying that I have to add More aaircraft by adding more variables."

Very annoying... and not required. The MATLAB approach is to use arrays. You should use arrays.

[Jan]

Notes: Redefining the Matlab function "error" as a variable can cause unexpected side-effects. Avoid this, because it causes troubles frequently.

Matlab does not accept line breaks inside the code. Replace

error = abs(
(Wo(k+1)-Wo(k)
)/Wo(k)
);

by

err = abs((Wo(k+1) - Wo(k)) / Wo(k));

Answer 1

[Ayush Modi]

Hi,

I understand you would like to save the values of each aircraft without having to use different variable names each time.

You can achieve this by using “struct”. Please refer to the below code snippet for defining “struct”.

aircraft = struct('L_D', [], 'L_D_loiter', [], 'Endurance', []); % Similarly, Add the rest of the properties 

% Create multiple structure objects
numObjects = 3;  % Number of objects to create

% Using an array of structures
aircraftarray(1:numObjects) = aircraft;  % Here, each element in “aircraftarray” is an object.
aircraftarray(1).L_D = 15.6;
aircraftarray(1).L_D_loiter = 30;
aircraftarray(1).Endurance = 1002; % Add the values of other properties for first aircraft

% Add the values for second aircraft
aircraftarray(2).L_D = 12.9;
aircraftarray(2).L_D_loiter = 35;
aircraftarray(2).Endurance = 1222;

% Similarly, you can add values for other aircraft as well.

You can refer to the below MathWorks documentation for more information on “struct” function:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/struct.html

Hope this helps!