How to use the sum of all the iterations of a value calculated in a for-loop to calculate another value within the same loop?

Hi, I am trying to calculate the species mass fractions (Wi) within a stream by dividing the species flow rate (Mi) by the overall mass flow rate (sum of all values of Mi). I have managed to calculate and save all the mass flow rates (mi), but I'm struggling with summing all those values to get the overall stream mass flow rate. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

for i = 1:50

    Mi = M(i)*n(i); % species mass flow rate (g/h)
    mi(i) = Mi;

    Xi = n(i)/sum(n); % species mole fraction (no unit)
    xi(i) = Xi;

    Wi = Mi/sum(mi); % species mass fraction (no unit) - this is the denominator I'm struggling with
    wi(i) = Wi; 

end

[Dyuman Joshi]

Try this

for i = 1:50
    mi(i) = M(i)*n(i); % species mass flow rate (g/h)
end
xi=n/sum(n)
wi=mi/sum(mi)

[Jessica Hale]

I've tried it that way as well but I need to calculate Wi for each Mi that is generated in the for-loop, so I need to total all the Mi 's that are generated and then divide each of the 50 Mi's by that total mi calculated from the loop.

[Dyuman Joshi]

It's not a bit clear to me what you are trying to do, can you an example with a set of data?

[Jessica Hale]

So sorry, I meant something like this:

M = [2 3]
n = [8 9]

Mi_1 = M(1)*n(1)
Mi_2 = M(2)*n(2)

mi = [Mi_1 Mi_2]

mi_total = sum(mi)

Wi_1 = Mi_1/mi_total
Wi_2 = Mi_2/mi_total

wi = [Wi_1 Wi_2]

But I want to do this for when M and n are 50x1 arrays, and then calcuate Mi_1,..., Mi_50 and Wi_1,..., Wi_50 in a for loop.

Answer 1

[Dyuman Joshi]

Is using a loop necessary?

If yes, then my comment above should work -

M = [2 3];
n = [8 9];
for i = 1:2
    mi(i) = M(i)*n(i); % species mass flow rate (g/h)
end
mi

mi = 1×2

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wi=mi/sum(mi)

wi = 1×2

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If no, then you can do without loop as well

mi1=M.*n

mi1 = 1×2

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wi1=mi1/sum(mi1)

wi1 = 1×2

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Verification, with the code you provided

Mi_1 = M(1)*n(1);
Mi_2 = M(2)*n(2);
Mi = [Mi_1 Mi_2]

Mi = 1×2

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Mi_total = sum(Mi);
Wi_1 = Mi_1/Mi_total;
Wi_2 = Mi_2/Mi_total;
Wi = [Wi_1 Wi_2]

Wi = 1×2

0.3721 0.6279