loop for species names

So i need to use a for loop to generate the name of the species.

i would need to use CnH2n+2 for n:1 to 5 and the output should be in form below as i dont need variable names here i need a string

'CH4' , 'C2H6' and so on until C5H12'

it would be preferable that it is an array so that i can access those names by indexing

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

Try this —

Species = @(n) strrep(compose('C%dH%d', [n(:) 2*n(:)+2]), '1H','H');

Hydrocarbon = Species(1:5)

Hydrocarbon = 5×1 cell array
    {'CH4'  }
    {'C2H6' }
    {'C3H8' }
    {'C4H10'}
    {'C5H12'}

Back to my undergraduate organic chemistry days ...

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[Michal Sleszynski]

nice, thank you it works perfectly

[Star Strider]

As always, my pleasure!

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