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Re: How do I pass a value to a function called by ode45?
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Feb 7, 2013 11:08 AM
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"Jeff " <spREMOVEHITSjeffAT@SIGNoptonline.net> wrote in message
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> "Steven_Lord" <slord@mathworks.com> wrote in message
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>> "Jeff " <spREMOVEHITSjeffAT@SIGNoptonline.net> wrote in message
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>> > I want to pass a value (beta) to a function which I'm passing to ode45,
>> > but I can't quite fiigure out how to do it from the documentation. Here
>> > is the current function to be passed:
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>> These examples show two approaches of how to pass additional parameters
>> into the function called by FZERO; those same techniques work with ODE45.
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>> http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/math/parameterizing-functions.html
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>> Steve Lord
>> slord@mathworks.com
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> Unfortunately, I cannot use nested or anonymous functions. The functions
> I'm calling are in separate files. I cut down the example I typed in, but
> basically, it uses an if..elseif block to choose a function based on other
> parameters.
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> I was able to make my sample work by adding a third parameter to the
> declaration of f and then using this call:
> [t_steps,s1]=ode45(@(t,y) f(t,y,beta), t_steps, s0, options);
This uses an anonymous function and will work as long as you've defined beta
before this ODE45 call.
> But I can't say I understand what it's doing. And I note that t and y are
> not given values anywhere before the @(t,y) part of that command. But the
> correct values are being passed into the function (at least the first
> time) and I'm getting the results I expect.
ODE45 requires the function that you pass into it as a function handle for
the first input to accept two input arguments.
Your function f requires three input arguments.
If we have a function that accepted the two input arguments from ODE45 and
passed them and another value into f, to serve as an adapter or go-between
for ODE45 and the f function, they will both be satisfied. The anonymous
function IS that adapter/go-between. The "@(t, y)" section of the anonymous
function indicates that it accepts two inputs (and so is a valid first input
for ODE45) and the "f(t, y, beta)" section calls f with three input
arguments (as it requires.)
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Steve Lord
slord@mathworks.com
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