How to plot a fixed value for a range in MATLAB?

Hello, This appears a simple question but I am not able to solve it. I want to plot a certain value for a range of variables. Obviously, vector sizes are different and I cannot use plot command. Here is what I am trying to do:

A=[5;6];
x=linspace(1,9,3);

for x=1 to 5, A is 5 and for x=5 to 9, a is 6. I want to do this in MATLAB. How to do this? Further, should I use a loop for larger arrays and for a more general plotting? Can you help with this?

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Try this:

% Define number of elements.
numberOfElements = 30; % Can be 3 or whatever you want.
x=linspace(1,9, numberOfElements)
% Find index where x = 5
index5 = find(x <= 5, 1, 'last')
% Assign A = 5 up until x = 5.
A(1:index5) = 5;
% Assign A = 5 up until x = 5.
A(index5+1 : numberOfElements) = 6;
% Now plot it.
plot(x, A, 'b*-', 'LineWidth', 2);
grid on;

I tried to make it flexible and general. Of course it could also be made a one-liner (and I'm sure someone will do that) if don't use comments, hard code in numberOfElements, don't plot anything, etc. but I like to write code that is a little more flexible and robust. I hope it wasn't your homework - you should have been honest and applied a tag of homework if it was.

[Amit Kumar]

Thanks. I was thinking by doing by some identity or unit matrix multiplication to convert variables to same range. But your method is better. By the way, this was not homework!

[Image Analyst]

If you like it, then mark it as Accepted. Thanks.

Answer 2

[Danilo NASCIMENTO]

You can do it this way.

clear all;

step=0.1;

i=1;

x=linspace(1,9,3);

for k=x(i):step:x(i+2)

    if k>=1 && k<=5

        A=5;

    else
        A=6;
    end

end