i used syms so i can find an expresssion for Cn in terms of n, but then i get this error (Conversion to logical from sym is not possible.). i have read online that vpa cancel this so incorporated this (i might be wrong). I'm newbie to matlab sorry.

    syms n
    syms t
    f1=(1-cos(t)).^2;
    f2=(t/pi).^2;
    energy1=int(f1,-pi,0);
    energy2=int(f2,0,pi);
    energy=(1/(2*pi))*(energy1+energy2);

    % for n is not equal to 0.

      if true
        % code
      end
    C1e=(1-cos(t))*exp(-1j*n*t);
    C2e=(t/pi)*exp(-1j*n*t);
    Cn1=int(C1e,t,-pi,0);
    Cn2=int(C2e,t,0,pi);
    Cn_total=1/(2*pi)*(Cn1 + Cn2);
    vpa(Cn_total);

    C0n=0.75000000000000004636678955634159;
    approx=(abs(C0n)).^2;
    vpa(approx)
    energy99=0.99.*energy;
    vpa(energy99);
    Coefficientn=2.*(abs(Cn_total)).^2;
    vpa(Coefficientn);
     while  approx<energy99
       approx=approx+Coefficientn;
       n=n+1;
     end

    Conversion to logical from sym is not possible.

Answer 1

[Randy Acheson]

The issue here is that you are trying to compare a numeric value and a symbolic value in your while loop. While 'approx' and 'energy99' are numeric to begin with, when you append 'Coefficientn' to approx, it becomes symbolic. In order to compare these two values, you will need to use the 'subs' function to substitute your variable values.

For more information, see this MATLAB Answers post:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/69143-conversion-to-logical-from-sym-is-not-possible-error-shows-up-when-i-try-to-execute-the-following