## ARGH!!! Matlab trouble!!!

Ok, I'm having a big problem as described here: http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=46950

Basically, I've never used matlab and was given an assignment on friday which requires that I use matlab. First off, could someone please help me with my projectile problem?

Next, how the heck does one write an m-file. I know how to open the editor and the simple stuff but actually using ODE45 is killing me. The help file is about as useful as a man file--good for pro's lousy for novices.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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 If you haven't already figured it out, there's nothing much to an .m file. Since i do not warez matlab, i'm using vim (a text editor) and octave. Basically what goes in a .m file is something like this Code: function returnValue = f(x) returnValue = 2*x^2 + 3*x+2 end format long %for displaying more digits result1 = f(4) results = zeros(1,10); %creates a vector full of zeros, 10 big results(1) = f(6); results(5) = f(24);
 Dont know about the projectile project but with the m - file i could help... open a new m-file which can be found in File, then New... after which click on M-file... Here u type in your code... when your done save it and give it a name (obviously... hehehe) now u can call your M-file from the command window in the main page... however, if u want to make your own functions, wherein a created m-file will act like a regular function in matlab... all the functions in the matlab library have m-files as well... search for function in help to get details... to see what im talking about type this: type specgram upon pressing enter, the entire code will come up... thats basically the same thing u need to do... the help for function is fairly easy to use... hope i helped! Ü

## ARGH!!! Matlab trouble!!!

Here's an example of an m-file i made

 function [mag,f] = ffttrue(input,Fs) framed = input; lpf = lowpassf(framed,Fs) % fitered signal X = fft(lpf); % FFT of signal X(1) = 0; N = length(X); % N = length of fft mag = abs(X); f = [0:N-1]*Fs/(N-1); % frequency vector figure;plot(f,mag); % plot magnitude xlabel('Frequency (Hertz)'); ylabel('X'); axis([0,680,0,max(mag)]); % display only frequencies < fs/2
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