For Loop - Homework Question

I have a homework problem that I've been working on, but I've come to a section that I believe requires a for loop. The section that I'm dealing with is below.

The matlab code that I've tried is this:

n=0;
for n=i-1 && n<=40
    income = initial_income*(1+inflation)^n
end

From my understanding, this will only find the value at n=0. I believe I need each value of income at n = 1:40.

Any and all help would be appreciated!

I'll place the rest of the problem below for the sake of context. The retirement year that I found was 1959, but I don't believe that will be relevant to this section.

[Rik]

I would suggest re-reading the material from your course. It seems you misunderstood the syntax for a for-loop.

[Cris LaPierre]

I'd also suggets completing Ch 13 of MATLAB Onramp, as that covers for loops.

[Nathan Brannan]

I'll go through that. Thank you!

Loops have been the bane of me so far. Having a better understanding would be great.

Answer 1

[David Hill]

income = initial_income*(1+inflation).^(0:40);

[Nathan Brannan]

If this is the desired answer, then I suppose I got lost in the idea that n = i-1.

I figured that played an immediate role in calculating the income. Thanks for the answer!