Index in position 2 exceeds array bounds (must not exceed 8)

I keep getting the error "Index in position 2 exceeds array bounds (must not exceed 8) with the following code. I am trying to determine whether a matrix is strictly diagonally dominant or not. The error appears on the line with sumrow=sumrow+abs(A(i,j));

This is the code.

A = [28 -6 4 1 -2 -5 8 0; 
    -4 28 -1 4 0 4 4 6; 
    1 -6 26 -5 1 -1 -6 0; 
    1 -6 26 -5 1 -1 -6 0; 
    -5 -6 1 21 0 -3 2 2; 
    4 1 3 -3 17 0 -3 3; 
    4 -2 3 0 2 14 0 1; 
    1 2 4 3 -2 1 17 4; 
    1 3 1 3 0 -1 3 15];

rowcol=size(A);
n=rowcol(1);
 
count=0;
for i=1:1:n
    sumrow=0;
    for j=1:1:n
        if i~=j
            sumrow=sumrow+abs(A(i,j));
        end
    end
    if abs(A(i,i))>sumrow
        count=count+1;
    end
end
if count==n
    disp('Matrix is strictly diagonal dominant')
else
    disp('Matrix is NOT strictly diagonal dominant')
end

Any help with corrections will be greatly appreciated.

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Answer 1

[Asad (Mehrzad) Khoddam]

The matrix is not square, so you need to find the minimum of row and column numbers.

A = [28 -6 4 1 -2 -5 8 0; -4 28 -1 4 0 4 4 6; 1 -6 26 -5 1 -1 -6 0; 1 -6 26 -5 1 -1 -6 0; -5 -6 1 21 0 -3 2 2; 4 1 3 -3 17 0 -3 3; 4 -2 3 0 2 14 0 1; 1 2 4 3 -2 1 17 4; 1 3 1 3 0 -1 3 15];
rowcol=size(A);
n=min(size(A));
 
count=0;
for i=1:1:n
    sumrow=0;
    for j=1:1:n
        if i~=j
            sumrow=sumrow+abs(A(i,j));
        end
    end
    if abs(A(i,i))>sumrow
        count=count+1;
    end
end
if count==n
    disp('Matrix is strictly diagonal dominant')
else
    disp('Matrix is NOT strictly diagonal dominant')
end

Answer 2

[Cris LaPierre]

The issue I see is that you are assuming A is square (8x8), but it is not. It has dimensions 9x8. However, you are only using the first number, 9, to loop through the rows and columns of A. This is causing an error in your second for loop (j=9).

Try

...
for i=1:size(A,1)
    ...
    for j=1:size(A,2)
    ...
    end
    ...
end
...

[Image Analyst]

Plus you should really be more general like this:

[rows, columns] = size(A);
count=0;
for row = 1 : rows
    sumrow = 0;
    for col = 1 columns        

etc. The above code does not depend on the number of rows matching the number of columns. If you need them to match, you should check for that in advance of the for loop:

        [rows, columns] = size(A);
        if rows ~= columns
            errorMessage = sprintf('Error : rows and columns do not match.  Rows = %d while columns = %d', rows, columns);
            uiwait(errordlg(errorMessage));
            return; % Quit this function/module.
        end
        for row = 1 : rows
             sumrow = 0;
             for col = 1 columns