how does [~,I]=min(abs(strain-0.02)) work ?? (strain is a vector filled with floating point decimal numbers)
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Karvelakis Anastasios-Petros
el 12 de En. de 2017
Respondida: Duong Hien Thuan
el 21 de Jul. de 2019
cant get a result from find command in this manner
y1=find (strain==min(abs(strain-0.02)))
but i was proposed to use the code in the question above could someone explain how it works??
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John Chilleri
el 12 de En. de 2017
Hello,
Regarding your original question about:
[~,I] = min(abs(strain - 0.02))
Let's talk about what you're computing in the min() function before we discuss the function itself.
First, your vector strain has .02 subtracted from every element individually, then the absolute value of each element is taken. I'm guessing you already new this was going on, but just in case.
With respect to the min function, if you request two outputs, as you are above, min will return the minimum value and the index of that value. Let's say, for example, that abs(strain - .02) has a minimum value of .1 located in element 7 of your vector.
The min function would then return [.1, 7]. When you use the tilde (~), you are telling Matlab to not return this output; however, you are storing the index of the minimum in I.
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TLDR; I is the index of the minimum value in vector abs(strain - .02).
Hope this helps!
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Duong Hien Thuan
el 21 de Jul. de 2019
Dear Sir,
I would Matlab 7.8.0 (2009A) when I use this systax it is error "Expression or statement is incorrect--possibly
unbalanced (, {, or [.". So how can I fix this problem?
Thank you!
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Steven Lord
el 21 de Jul. de 2019
The ability to use the tilde (~) to ignore output arguments of a function call was introduced in release R2009b. Replace the tilde with a "dummy" variable name that indicates to you and to others reading your code that this output argument is not used.
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