Paul Hoffrichter

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How to construct array with certain slope ?
Look at this rotation script example: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/93554-how-can-i-rotate-a-set-of-points-in...

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Problems with changing the order of a binary representation
NJ=4 for i = 1:2^NJ-1 struct(i,:) = fliplr(dec2bin(i,NJ)); end struct = 15×4 char array '1000' '0100' ...

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How can I justify my matrices?
I find this form using Live Editor preferable to pretty. syms t1 t2 t3 d3 a2 J11 = [-cos(t1)*(d3*cos(t2+t3) + a2*cos(t2)), sin...

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How can I insert zeros into every other index of a column vector?
@carles Martinez >> and in an horizontal array? Whether A is vertical or horizontal, use upsample. A = 1 2 3 ...

15 days ago | 0

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How to write summation in matlab with two variables?
I am new to sym, so I thought I would give this a try. Please check carefully, as I did not have time to do so. I hope you are d...

17 days ago | 0

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Newton Raphson - saving all values and using last iteration value as initial for next
The final x values match your spreadsheet results. Your suggested x0 converges too soon to be interesting. Set it to 1.0 to actu...

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Index in position 1 is invalid. Array indices must be positive integers or logical values.
Would be very useful if you are able to post a minimal program exhibiting the error that we could run. In the debugger, set the ...

19 days ago | 0

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I need help with using a while loop
Looks like you are trying to solve a difference equation. Take a look at what is happening: c1 = 0.1; v1 = 0.1; v2 = 1; p = ...

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Keep a temporary variable after parfor
>> Parfor loop works when i comment out the plotting parts of the code. I tried what you said and only experienced what you wro...

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how to fix Warning: Imaginary parts of complex X and/or Y arguments ignored
If you have a negative number raised to a non-integer power, you can sometimes get a complex number. Take a look at: https://ww...

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Solving a simple equation
Sorry, no idea if this is right. clc, clearvars %Angle = B %Thickness = u %Inner Radius = p %Developed length = L %L = L1+...

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Convert near zero complex parts to 0
In R2020a, I took a complex vector and converted near zero parts to zero. It took two long lines to do it. Can it be done in one...

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What am I doing wrong here? I am trying to recreate following highlighted equations in the table.
clc; clear; clf ep = linspace(0,1); m1 = 1.5; m2 = 3.8; ep0= 1; alpha = 0.785; epp = 0.11; qep = (2.76*ep.*cosh((3*ep)-1.92)...

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Script not found in the Command Windows
I am expecting that you will get the following: >> which essai 'essai' not found. Write down the folder where your essai.m fi...

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Obtaining the envelope of AM signal using hilbert transform
In general, if you increase the carrier frequency, you will get a better envelope. Specific to your figure, to remove the rippl...

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computing vectors with string and numbers (easy question)
Here is code that keeps the indexing scheme based upon the order in which the names occur in your vector of strings. >> S = ["H...

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computing vectors with string and numbers (easy question)
>> S = ["joe" "april" "andrea" "joe" "andrea"] S = 1×5 string array "joe" "april" "andrea" "joe" "andrea" ...

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Simulating a drone and bird as radar targets
Sounds like a good project. Personally, I would take a movie of a bird and a drone, and then try to reconstruct a 3D polygon of ...

2 months ago | 0

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How to generate a list of random ID which can later be used instead of participant name?
Due to the cyclist remark about homework, I am just starting the script. It leaves out certain patterns like 'a9a9' since it is ...

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Syntax Question, Why does this equal zero?
Good question. :) >> 1 - 7*( sym(8/7) - 1 ) ans = 0 % you are right; the answer is 0 For double numbers, look at the format...

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Forcing Page Breaks in MATLAB
The official 2016 answer is here, and no discernible updates since 2016. It would be great if MathWorks would add that to Live E...

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how to get the mean for specific rows number of one columns
M = [ ... 1 5 2 7 3 9 1 9 2 7 3 9 ]; T = array2table( M, ... 'VariableNames',{'Month','...

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Vector. Change the way my program gives me the answer.
v = [1 2 -3 4]; v( diff( sign( [v(1) v] ) ) ~= 0 ) ans = -3 4

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Vector. Change the way my program gives me the answer.
v = [1 2 -3 4]; n = 1; l = length (v); ii = 1; c = []; while (n < l) a = v(n); b = v(n+1); n = n+1; % if (a <...

3 months ago | 1

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Group data in bins
Hope this is close to what you are looking for. EDGES' ans = 0 0.5000 1.0000 1.5000 2.0000 ...

3 months ago | 0

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How to solve matrix function in Matlab?
Define Z = AXB + C - X You have to start off with your initial best guess for X based upon the nature of the model. For lack of...

3 months ago | 1

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Creating blocks of average values from a series but avoiding dynamic variable names
Since you have 5 groups of 100 numbers, I thought you wanted the mean of each group. That gives 5 means. So I did not understand...

3 months ago | 1

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plot discrete time domain signals
I recommend using following substitutions: plot(t,y) axis( [-1 10 0 1])

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Longest run of consecutive numbers
Given a vector a, find the number(s) that is/are repeated consecutively most often. For example, if you have a = [1 2 2 2 1 ...

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