- Use str2sym, like the error message says.
- The expression entered has to be valid MATLAB syntax or it's not going to work (e.g., use "2*x" instead of "2x").
- Use int instead of integral.
- The arc length calculation should have Df^2 where you have Df now.
hi , i want to build a system that can calcuate the arc length where user can insert the equation, limit a and b . But i got an error, i dont know how to solve the error.
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This is my surface app :
![](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/1640701/image.png)
this is the coding that I create to calculate the arc length :
![](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/1640706/image.png)
this is the example when I insert the equation:
![](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/1640711/image.png)
here the error :
![](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/1640716/image.png)
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Voss
el 12 de Mzo. de 2024
Editada: Voss
el 13 de Mzo. de 2024
Here's a working example:
% suppose this is your equation editfield value:
val = 'x^2 + 2*x';
% and these are your a and b values
% (you might have to convert text to numeric, e.g., using
% str2double, depending on the style of the edit fields):
a = 1;
b = 2;
% perform arc length calculation:
syms x
f = str2sym(val);
Df = diff(f,x);
f = sqrt(Df^2+1);
len = int(f,a,b) % symbolic
len = double(len) % numeric
% then assign len to the result editfield Value
% (again, you might have to convert numeric to text,
% depending on the style of ArcLengthEditField):
app.ArcLengthEditField.Value = len; % for a numeric edit field
app.ArcLengthEditField.Value = num2str(len) % for a text edit field
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John D'Errico
el 13 de Mzo. de 2024
Editada: John D'Errico
el 13 de Mzo. de 2024
I would point out that if the function is complex enough, then int will fail to produce a result. And the function need not be too nasty either. Just a polynomial of sufficiently high order will be too much. For example, suppose the fragment under the sqrt happens to be as simple as this random polynomial:
syms x
int(sqrt(x^4 - 2*x^3 + 2),[1,2])
Now int will fail to yield anything useful. When it returns a form like that, this tells you that int gave up.
Yes, you could then revert to vpaintegral, which would not yield a symbolic result.
vpaintegral(sqrt(x^4 - 2*x^3 + 2),[1,2])
And maybe that is adequate. But it would also force you to check to see if int actually did anything. Or, you could just always use vpaintegral, or even integral, after turning the function into a function handle using matlabFunction.
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