Since it is always easier to fit small elements into a sum, you can do a sort
, followed by the cumulative sum:
m= [
15 18 -5 22 19
50 98 -15 39 -8
70 -15 80 45 38
31 52 9 80 72
-2 63 52 71 6
7 99 32 58 41];
cs = cumsum(sort(m))
cs =
-2 -15 -15 22 -8
5 3 -20 61 -2
20 55 -11 106 17
51 118 21 164 55
101 216 73 235 96
171 315 153 315 168
Now you easily identify at which element you cross the threshold cnstrn
(thanks, @sevenless)!
out = sum(cs <= cnstrn)
out =
4 3 5 2 5