I am a novice R user.
I would like to be able to graph some simple piecewise functions/functions
with domain restrictions in R, but I'm having trouble defining such
functions. For example, I would like to define the following function:
f(x)={x^2 if -1<x<x; 1 if 2<x<3}
Notably, the function is undefined outside of domain (-1,1)U(2,3). My best
attempt in R is something like this:
f<-function(x) ifelse(-1<x & x<1,x^2,ifelse(2<=x & x<=3,1,as.null()))
This approach works fine for values within the domain. But, naturally, when
I try values outside of the domain I get an error. Consequently, when I try
to graph such a function:
plot(f)
I get the following error:
Error in ifelse(2 <= x & x <= 3, 1, as.null()) :
replacement has length zero
I realize that I could create vectors of x-y points and plot using the
plot(x,y) command, but it seems to me that I should be able to define a
piecewise function symbolically and just graph it. Am I wrong? Any help
would be greatly appreciated.
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