Re: Functions as variables

[Geraint Paul Bevan]

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Christoph Dalitz wrote:
| Hello,
|
| how can I pass a function as a variable input argument to another
function?
| I have tried the following, but it does not work:
|

Christoph,

you have to pass the function as a string and then use the function
'eval' to evaluate it. The following code works:


function fplot(x,f)
~  y = zeros(1,length(x));
~  for i = 1:length(x)
~    command = ['y(i) = ' ,f ,'(x(i));'];
~    eval(command);
~  endfor
~  plot(x,y);
endfunction


octave:1> fplot([0:0.1:5], 'sin')



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Geraint Bevan
http://www.mech.gla.ac.uk/~gbevan

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