I was trying to run the program but the window says
error: 'a' undefined near line 2, column 10
error: called from
false_position at line 2 column 6
here's my code
function y = false_position(f, a, b, error)
if ~(f(a) < 0)
disp("f(a) must be less than 0")
elseif ~(f(b) > 0)
disp("f(b) must be greater than zero")
else
c = 100000;
while abs(f(c)) > error
%Formula for the x-intercept
c = -f(b) * (b - a) / (f(b) - f(a)) + b;
if f(c) < 0
a = c;
else
b = c;
endif
disp(f(c))
endwhile
x = ["The root is approximately located at ", num2str(c)];
disp(x)
y = c;
endif
endfunction
every time i ran the code, it says like that and i am not really a pro with using the octave. I was kinda hoping someone will help me with this error.
Any answers will do
I coded a function picircle() that estimates pi.
Now I would like to plot this function for N values.
function Plotpi()
p = 100 # precision of π
N = 5
for i in 1:N
picircle(p)
end
end
3.2238805970149254
3.044776119402985
3.1641791044776117
3.1243781094527363
3.084577114427861
Now I am not sure how to plot the function, I tried plot(PP()) but it didn't work
Here I defined picircle:
function picircle(n)
n = n
L = 2n+1
x = range(-1, 1, length=L)
y = rand(L)
center = (0,0)
radius = 1
n_in_circle = 0
for i in 1:L
if norm((x[i], y[i]) .- center) < radius
n_in_circle += 1
end
end
println(4 * n_in_circle / L)
end
Your problem is that your functions don't actually return anything:
julia> x = Plotpi()
3.263681592039801
3.0646766169154227
2.845771144278607
3.18407960199005
3.044776119402985
julia> x
julia> typeof(x)
Nothing
The numbers you see are just printed to the REPL, and print doesn't return any value:
julia> x = print(5)
5
julia> typeof(x)
Nothing
So you probably just want to change your function so that it returns what you want to plot:
julia> function picircle(n)
n = n
L = 2n+1
x = range(-1, 1, length=L)
y = rand(L)
center = (0,0)
radius = 1
n_in_circle = 0
for i in 1:L
if norm((x[i], y[i]) .- center) < radius
n_in_circle += 1
end
end
4 * n_in_circle / L
end
Then:
julia> x = picircle(100)
3.263681592039801
julia> x
3.263681592039801
So now the value of the function is actually returned (rather than just printed to the console). You don't really need a separate function if you just want to do this multiple times and plot the results, a comprehension will do. Here's an example comparing the variability of the estimate with 100 draws vs 50 draws:
julia> using Plots
julia> histogram([picircle(100) for _ ∈ 1:1_000], label = "100 draws", alpha = 0.5)
julia> histogram!([picircle(20) for _ ∈ 1:1_000], label = "20 draws", alpha = 0.5)
There is a simple trick to convert a number to 1 or -1.
Just raise it to the power of 0.
So:
4^0 = 1
-4^0 = -1
However, in AS3:
Math.pow( 4, 0); // = 1
Math.pow(-4, 0); // = 1
Is there a way to get the right answer without an if else?
This could be done bitwise.
Given the number n (avg time: 0.0065ms):
1 + 2 * (n >> 31);
Or slightly slower (avg time: 0.0095ms):
(n < 0 && -1) || 1;
However, Marty's solution is the fastest (avg time: 0.0055ms)
n < 0 ? -1 : 1;
Not sure if without an if/else includes the ternary operator in your eyes, but if not:
// Where x is your input.
var r:int = x < 0 ? -1 : 1;
Will be more efficient than Math.pow() anyway.
I am trying to get the following code to do a few more tricks:
class App(Frame):
def __init__(self, master):
Frame.__init__(self, master)
self.grid()
self.create_widgets()
def create_widgets(self):
self.answerLabel = Label(self, text="Output List:")
self.answerLabel.grid(row=2, column=1, sticky=W)
def psiFunction(self):
j = int(self.indexEntry.get())
valueList = list(self.listEntry.get())
x = map(int, valueList)
if x[0] != 0:
x.insert(0, 0)
rtn = []
for n2 in range(0, len(x) * j - 2):
n = n2 / j
r = n2 - n * j
rtn.append(j * x[n] + r * (x[n + 1] - x[n]))
self.answer = Label(self, text=rtn)
self.answer.grid(row=2, column=2, sticky=W)
if __name__ == "__main__":
root = Tk()
In particular, I am trying to get it to calculate len(x) * j - 1 terms, and to work for a variety of parameter values. If you try running it you should find that you get errors for larger parameter values. For example with a list 0,1,2,3,4 and a parameter j=3 we should run through the program and get 0123456789101112. However, I get an error that the last value is 'out of range' if I try to compute it.
I believe it's an issue with my function as defined. It seems the issue with parameters has something to do with the way it ties the parameter to the n value. Consider 0123. It works great if I use 2 as my parameter (called index in the function) but fails if I use 3.
EDIT:
def psi_j(x, j):
rtn = []
for n2 in range(0, len(x) * j - 2):
n = n2 / j
r = n2 - n * j
if r == 0:
rtn.append(j * x[n])
else:
rtn.append(j * x[n] + r * (x[n + 1] - x[n]))
print 'n2 =', n2, ': n =', n, ' r =' , r, ' rtn =', rtn
return rtn
For example if we have psi_j(x,2) with x = [0,1,2,3,4] we will be able to get [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11] with an error on 12.
The idea though is that we should be able to calculate that last term. It is the 12th term of our output sequence, and 12 = 3*4+0 => 3*x[4] + 0*(x[n+1]-x[n]). Now, there is no 5th term to calculate so that's definitely an issue but we do not need that term since the second part of the equation is zero. Is there a way to write this into the equation?
If we think about the example data [0, 1, 2, 3] and a j of 3, the problem is that we're trying to get x[4]` in the last iteration.
len(x) * j - 2 for this data is 10
range(0, 10) is 0 through 9.
Manually processing our last iteration, allows us to resolve the code to this.
n = 3 # or 9 / 3
r = 0 # or 9 - 3 * 3
rtn.append(3 * x[3] + 0 * (x[3 + 1] - x[3]))
We have code trying to reach x[3 + 1], which doesn't exist when we only have indices 0 through 3.
To fix this, we could rewrite the code like this.
n = n2 / j
r = n2 - n * j
if r == 0:
rtn.append(j * x[n])
else:
rtn.append(j * x[n] + r * (x[n + 1] - x[n]))
If r is 0, then (x[n + 1] - x[n]) is irrelevant.
Please correct me if my math is wrong on that. I can't see a case where n >= len(x) and r != 0, but if that's possible, then my solution is invalid.
Without understanding that the purpose of the function is (is it a kind of filter? or smoothing function?), I prickled it out of the GUI suff and tested it alone:
def psiFunction(j, valueList):
x = map(int, valueList)
if x[0] != 0:
x.insert(0, 0)
rtn = []
for n2 in range(0, len(x) * j - 2):
n = n2 / j
r = n2 - n * j
print "n =", n, "max_n2 =", len(x) * j - 2, "n2 =", n2, "lx =", len(x), "r =", r
val = j * x[n] + r * (x[n + 1] - x[n])
rtn.append(val)
print j * x[n], r * (x[n + 1] - x[n]), val
return rtn
if __name__ == '__main__':
print psiFunction(3, [0, 1, 2, 3, 4])
Calling this module leads to some debugging output and, at the end, the mentionned error message.
Obviously, your x[n + 1] access fails, as n is 4 there, so n + 1 is 5, one too much for accessing the x array, which has length 5 and thus indexes from 0 to 4.
EDIT: Your psi_j() gives me the same behaviour.
Let me continue guessing: Whatever we want to do, we have to ensure that n + 1 stays below len(x). So maybe a
for n2 in range(0, (len(x) - 1) * j):
would be helpful. It only produces the numbers 0..11, but I think this is the only thing which can be expected out of it: the last items only can be
3*3 + 0*(4-3)
3*3 + 1*(4-3)
3*3 + 2*(4-3)
and stop. And this is achieved with the limit I mention here.
I have a function like this:
y=-2 with x<=0
y=-2+3x^2 with 0=1
I need to compute this function on each element of the 1D matrix, without using a loop.
I thought it was possibile defining a function like this one:
function y= foo(x)
if x<=0
y=-2;
elseif x>=1
y=1;
else
y= -2+3*x.^2;
end
end
But this just produces a single result, how to operate on all elements? I know the . operator, but how to access the single element inside an if?
function b = helper(s)
if s<=0
b=-2;
elseif s>=1
b=1;
else
b= -2+3*s^2;
end
end
Then simply call
arrayfun(#helper, x)
to produce the behaviour you want of your function foo.
Another approach which doesn't need arrayfun() would be to multiply by the conditions:
y = -2*(x <= 0) + (-2+3*x.^2).*(x < 1).*(x > 0) + (x >= 1)
which you could also make a function. This will accept vector inputs for x e.g.
x = [1 4 0 -1 0.5];
y = -2*(x <= 0) + (-2+3*x.^2).*(x < 1).*(x > 0) + (x >= 1)
outputs
y =
1.0000 1.0000 -2.0000 -2.0000 -1.2500