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Re: How to plot an user-defined function?
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Geraint Paul Bevan |
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Re: How to plot an user-defined function? |
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Fri, 01 Aug 2003 20:36:24 +0100 |
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Eric Chassande-Mottin wrote:
function y = f(t)
y = exp(-0.5*t*t);
endfunction
function z = g(t)
z = (1.0/sqrt(2.0*pi))*quad('f',-10.0, t, 1e-12);
endfunction
your functions f and g work only for arguments that are scalar (ie.,
single number)
The function f(t) could be modified to work with vectors easily enough,
by using "t.*t" instead of "t*t"
I think you will have to use a for loop for g(t) though.
This works:
octave> function y = f ( t )
> y = exp ( -0.5 * t .* t );
> endfunction
octave> function z = g ( t )
> for i = 1 : length ( t )
> z(i) = (1.0/sqrt(2.0*pi))*quad('f',-10.0, t(i), 1e-12);
> endfor
> endfunction
octave> t = linspace ( -10 , 10 , 2000 );
octave> plot (t , g(t))
octave>
(but erf is much faster).
--
Geraint Bevan
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Glasgow
Tel: +44 (0)141 330 5917
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