Conditions in Function Definitions

[stein]

Hello,

this is a question relating function definitions and
their respective solvers (fsolve, dassl ...).

Is it possible to define a (linear, non-linear, or DAE) function
containing a condition?

The following example is syntactically wrong:

function y = f(x)
  y(1) = if (x(1)>1)
    2*x;
  else
    4*x;
  endif;
  y(2) = x(1)+x(2);
endfunction


In this example, the assignment to y(1) is executed only one time, in the
first evaluation, thus not reflecting the desired behavior:

function y = f(x)
  if (x(1)>1)
    y(1) = 2*x;
  else
    y(1) = 4*x;
  endif
  y(2) = x(1)+x(2);
endfunction


Have a nice day,

  Benno