Create Optimization Expression by Looping

Use optimexpr to create an empty expression, then fill the expression in a loop.

y = optimvar('y',6,4);
expr = optimexpr(3,2);
for i = 1:3
    for j = 1:2
        expr(i,j) = y(2*i,j) - y(i,2*j);
    end
end
showexpr(expr)

(1, 1)

  y(2, 1) - y(1, 2)

(2, 1)

  y(4, 1) - y(2, 2)

(3, 1)

  y(6, 1) - y(3, 2)

(1, 2)

  y(2, 2) - y(1, 4)

(2, 2)

  y(4, 2) - y(2, 4)

(3, 2)

  y(6, 2) - y(3, 4)