I am using fplot() to plot the expression exp(-t)sin(5t) over the range of (-2,2). I did fplot(exp(-t)*sin(5*t),[2,2]) but it doesn’t plot the way I wanted. What should I do?
>Solution :
You’re getting an error:
Invalid expression. Check for missing multiplication operator, missing or unbalanced delimiters, or other syntax error.
Listen to the error – you are missing multiplication operators! We improve the code a little…
fplot(exp(-t).*sin(5.*t),[2,2])
Now you get a new error:
Unrecognized function or variable ‘t’.
Again listen to the error, you haven’t defined t, and fplot expects you to pass a function (from the docs)
fplot(f) plots the curve defined by the function y = f(x)
We can make the expression into a function and improve the code a little more…
fplot(@(t)exp(-t).*sin(5.*t),[2,2])
Now you get a blank figure?? Ah looking at the docs again, we see
fplot(f,xinterval) plots over the specified interval. Specify the interval as a two-element vector of the form [xmin xmax].
Where [xmin xmax] are currently both 2 in your example. We can’t plot over a range of nothing, so choose something else. Now we have working code:
fplot(@(t)exp(-t).*sin(5*t),[-2,2])
