Use entries of symbolic array outside of the array
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Tobias Ohrmann
on 28 Mar 2020
Commented: Tobias Ohrmann
on 28 Mar 2020
I have defined a matrix of symbolic variables via
X=sym(x,[8,24]);
When I now type x5_24 for instance, MATLAB still says "Unrecognized function or variable x5_24". Why? I need to use the variable entries outside of the matrix X.
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Star Strider
on 28 Mar 2020
The reason is that the elements of ‘X’ are stored as matrix elements. The individual elements exist only as matrix elements, not as individual, named variables:
syms x
X=sym('x',[8,24]);
Q = X(5,24)
produces:
Q =
x5_24
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Ameer Hamza
on 28 Mar 2020
Read here why it is a bad idea: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/6200-tutorial-how-to-ask-a-question-on-answers-and-get-a-fast-answer. Is there a reason that you cannot use matrix indexing to access an element?
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