diff --git a/mlclass-ex1/featureNormalize.m b/mlclass-ex1/featureNormalize.m
index b8a7213..08f734e 100644
--- a/mlclass-ex1/featureNormalize.m
+++ b/mlclass-ex1/featureNormalize.m
@@ -29,12 +29,15 @@
 mu    = mean(X)
 sigma = std(X)
 
-indicies = 1:size(X, 2);
+% indicies = 1:size(X, 2);
 
-for i = indicies,
-  XminusMu  = X(:, i) - mu(i);
-  X_norm(:, i) = XminusMu / sigma(i);
-end
+% for i = indicies,
+%  XminusMu  = X(:, i) - mu(i);
+%  X_norm(:, i) = XminusMu / sigma(i);
+%end
+
+% in octave we can just do this:
+X_norm = (X .- mu)./sigma;
 
 
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