Why do I receive the error message "Arrays have incompatible sizes for this operation"?

Why does this error occur?

Arrays have incompatible sizes for this operation. 

Error in fitting_method_iefa (line 238) 
Different2 = sum((y-Convolution).^2);

[Dyuman Joshi]

The reason is stated in the error - "Arrays have incompatible sizes for this operation."

For e.g., you can not subtract a 2x3 array from a 3x2 array. Thus, for substraction these arrays have incompatible size.

Check the size of the arrays "y" and "Convolution".

[Walter Roberson]

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Answer 1

[Sourabh]

The following error in MATLAB occurs when you try to perform operations (such as subtraction) on two arrays that have different sizes or dimensions that are not compatible with each other.

Arrays have incompatible sizes for this operation

You can understand array size compatibility from the following link:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/compatible-array-sizes-for-basic-operations.html

Try using the "size" function to find out the dimensions of an array.