> From: Christoph Lehmann > > Hi > > in matlab I defined a function (double gamma, parameters at > the end of > this mail) as > h(i)=((t/d1)^a1)*exp(-(t-d1)/b1)-c*((t/d2)^a2)*exp(-(t-d2)/b2); > h=h/norm(h); > > I do know that norm() in matlab is equal to: > > sqrt(sum(x^2)) > in R > so in R I do it like: > > #function (double gamama) > h <- expression((t/d1)^a1*exp(-(t-d1)/b1)-c*(t/d2)^a2*exp(-(t-d2)/b2)) > > # plot it > t <- seq(0, 20000, by = 100) > t <- t/1000 > plot(eval(h), type = 'l') > > # however this yields an error > h <- h/sqrt(sum(h^2)) ^ ^
Those are still expressions, not vectors. You need to wrap those in eval() as you did in plot(), or do h <- eval(h) beforehand. Andy > Error in h^2 : non-numeric argument to binary operator > > what shall I do to get the matlab: h = h/norm(h) implemented in R? > > thanks for a hint > > christoph > > > ---- > # parameters > peak1 <- 5.4 > fwhm1 <- 5.2 > peak2 <- 10.8 > fwhm2 <- 7.35 > dip <- 0.35 > > b1 <- 0.9 # dispersion > b2 <- 0.9 #dispersion > a1 <- peak1/b1 > a2 <- peak2/b2 > d1 <- a1*b1 > d2 <- a2*b2 > c <- dip > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html