Error using ==> fprintf Function is not defined fo

2020-04-16 06:19发布

问题:

This is my MATLAB code. The function trapezoidal() is defined separately and it works fine.

syms x;

f = 10 + 2 * x - 6 * (x^2) + 5 * (x^4);

a = 0;
b = 2;

ans_3points = trapezoidal(f, a, b, 3);
ans_5points = trapezoidal(f, a, b, 5);
ans_7points = trapezoidal(f, a, b, 7);

fprintf('Integral estimate for three equally spaced points is %f.\n', ans_3points);
fprintf('Integral estimate for five equally spaced points is %f.\n', ans_5points);
fprintf('Integral estimate for seven equally spaced points is %f.\n', ans_7points);

actual_ans = int(f, 0, 2);

error_3points = 100 * (actual_ans - ans_3points) / actual_ans;
error_5points = 100 * (actual_ans - ans_5points) / actual_ans;
error_7points = 100 * (actual_ans - ans_7points) / actual_ans;

fprintf('Percentage relative error for three equally spaced points is %f.\n', error_3points);
fprintf('Percentage relative error for five equally spaced points is %f.\n', error_5points);
fprintf('Percentage relative error for seven equally spaced points is %f.\n', error_7points);

But this gives the following error at the line that prints error_3points: ??? Error using ==> fprintf Function is not defined for 'sym' inputs.

I haven't put any 'sym' inputs in fprintf() have I? ans_3points, ans_5points, ans_7points are printed without any problem. The errors are calculated but when I checked they were displayed as fractions. What exactly is the problem in this code? I really can't figure it out. Thank you.

Function trapezoidal:

function l = trapezoidal(f, a, b, n)

N = n - 1;  % N - the number of segmets

syms x;

series_sum = 0;

for i = (0 : (N - 1))
    series_sum = series_sum + subs(f, x, xterm(i, a, b, n)) + subs(f, x, xterm((i + 1), a, b, n));
end

l = series_sum * (b - a) / (2 * N);

回答1:

The problem is in using the function int

actual_ans = int(f, 0, 2);

`actual_ans' is still a symbolic variable, even if it is a constant. You can translate it into a numeric variable with

actual_ans = double(actual_ans);


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