??? In an assignment A(I) = B, the number of elements in B and I must be the same.

Hi, I don't get why my code is incorrect. I hope you guys can help please.

clc;
A=10;
m=1;
k=40;
c=10;
xi=c/(2*sqrt(k*m));
w=1;
wn=sqrt(k/m);
b=(1-(w/wn)^2);
d=(2*xi*w/wn)^2;
Z=A/(b^2+d)^1/2;
fi=atan((2*xi*w/wn)/(1-(w/wn)^2));
muestras=1000;
t0=0;
tf=15;
for i=1:muestras+1
t(i)=t0+(i-1)*(tf-t0)/muestras;
x(i)=Z*sin(w*t-fi);
end
plot(t,x,'g')
xlabel('t')
ylabel('x')

In the command window, it says:

???  In an assignment  A(I) = B, the number of elements in B and
 I must be the same.

Error in ==> AVER at 19
x(i)=Z*sin(w*t-fi);

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

The FAQ explains it completely: http://matlab.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#How_do_I_fix_the_error_.22Subscript_indices_must_either_be_real_positive_integers_or_logicals..22.3F

But in short, since t is a vector of lots of values, then so is the result of sin(), and this means that you are trying to put a bunch of values into a single element of x, and you can't do that.

Try using t(i), which is only one single value, instead of the whole t array, which has "i" elements in it:

x(i) = Z * sin(w * t(i) - fi);

[Mariela Flores]

I really appreciate your help, thank you so much, that was the error in my code. If now, the program says that there is an error in plot, will you think it is because I do not including the (i) with the variables?

[Image Analyst]

The code with my fix works perfectly fine and runs with no errors:

clc;
A=10;
m=1;
k=40;
c=10;
xi=c/(2*sqrt(k*m));
w=1;
wn=sqrt(k/m);
b=(1-(w/wn)^2);
d=(2*xi*w/wn)^2;
Z=A/(b^2+d)^1/2;
fi=atan((2*xi*w/wn)/(1-(w/wn)^2));
muestras=1000;
t0=0;
tf=15;
for i=1:muestras+1
  t(i)=t0+(i-1)*(tf-t0)/muestras;
  x(i)=Z*sin(w*t(i)-fi);
end
plot(t,x,'g')
xlabel('t')
ylabel('x')

Show your code so I can see what you did differently.