select initial and final data from the dataset

Suppose I have a dataset of

x=(1:1:1000);

and I want to run operation by taking the 5th digit as initial and 900th as final

x_ic=5;

x_end=900;

how to do this?

[Torsten]

x_ic = x(5);

x_end = x(900);

Answer 1

[Priyanka Kondapalli]

Hi

We understand that you are trying to represnt 5th digit as the 1sst and 900th as the final. Please follow the below way

x_ic = x(5);
x_end = x(900);