The provided MATLAB function `threeSevens` checks if the input array...
The provided MATLAB function threeSevens
checks if the input array x
contains exactly three occurrences of the number 7. Here's what each line of the code does:
-
count == sum(x==7);
This line has a mistake. Instead of assigning the result of the comparison tocount
, it incorrectly uses the equality operator==
.
The corrected version should instead use a single equals sign=
:
count = sum(x == 7);
.
Here is the intent of the corrected line: it computes how many times the number 7 appears in the arrayx
. The expression(x == 7)
creates a logical array of the same size asx
, with1
(true) where the elements ofx
are 7, and0
(false) otherwise. Thesum
function then adds up the1
s, resulting in the total number of 7s. -
if count == 3
This checks if the variablecount
(number of 7s inx
) is equal to 3. -
b = true;
If the condition is true (the inputx
contains exactly three 7s), the outputb
is set totrue
. -
else b = false;
If the condition is false (the inputx
does not contain exactly three 7s), the outputb
is set tofalse
. -
end
Ends theif-else
block. -
Overall, the function returns the logical value
b
, which istrue
ifx
contains exactly three 7s, andfalse
otherwise.
Corrected Code:
function b = threeSevens(x)
count = sum(x == 7); % Corrected assignment operator
if count == 3
b = true;
else
b = false;
end
end
Example Usage:
threeSevens([1, 7, 2, 7, 3, 7]) % Returns true (exactly 3 sevens)
threeSevens([1, 7, 2, 7]) % Returns false (only 2 sevens)
threeSevens([7, 7, 7, 7]) % Returns false (4 sevens)