I need to write a for loop that will find the largest value.

I need function to allow the user to enter a value for k and a value for limit from the keyboard. The function is to then find the largest value of k such that; 1^1/10 + 2^2/10 ... k^k/10 <= limit

Im not really sure where to start other than having the variable ready for user input. even just a little bit of a prompt would help greatly!

Answer 1

[KSSV]

k = 10 ;
limit = 100;
thesum = 0 ; 
for i = 1:k
    thesum = thesum+i^i/10 ;
    if thesum >= limit
        break
    end
end

[Emma Rash]

This is what I wrote before I saw your answer. It doesnt run how I was expected, can you see any major issues?

limit = input('Please specify your limit: ');

k = input('Provide a k value you wish to use: ');

for n = 1:k

x = sum(n.^(n/10))

if (x > limit)

r = 1:limit;

n = 1:k-r;

x = sum(n.^(n/10));

k=n(end)

else

disp('The largest value for k is:')

disp(k)

break

end