Re: I am a newbie, trying to do something very simple and not succeeding

[Miquel Cabanas]

hi,

On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 01:34:23AM -0800, Jeff Silverman wrote:
> I am trying to define a vector and take the natural logarithm of each 
> element in the vector.
> 
> x = { 1,2,5,10,20,50,80,90,95,98,99}
> 
> that works, but then I try
> 
> y = log(x)
> 
> I get an error message
> 
> error: mapper: wrong type argument: 'cell'

that's because you have created a cell structure, which is not
a vector (neither a matrix).

Try,

x = [ 1,2,5,10,20,50,80,90,95,98,99]

and then proceed as above to calculate y.

Also, I recommend you to read the manual to become more familiar
with the syntaxis and capabilities of Octave. I'm pretty sure you
will enjoy reading it and will greatly benefit from doing so.

Miquel

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