Vectorize sum of discount rates

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Sargondjani
Sargondjani on 6 Dec 2012
Hi,
I want to vectorize the calculation of series like this: [R^0;R^0+R^1;R^0+R^1+R^2;...etc.
Im quite sure this should be easy, but i cant figure it out. Any help is greatly appreciated! :-)

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Matt Fig
Matt Fig on 6 Dec 2012
R = 5;
cumsum(R.^(0:4))

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Matt J
Matt J on 6 Dec 2012
Edited: Matt J on 6 Dec 2012
out=1/(1-R).*(1-R.^(1:n));

Jan
Jan on 6 Dec 2012
R = 23;
n = 100;
x = repmat(R, 1, n);
x(1) = 1;
Result = cumsum(cumprod(x));

Sargondjani
Sargondjani on 6 Dec 2012
thank you all for you answers... all did what i wanted, but the one by Matt Fig is the most simple

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