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Offline Tim Gowing  
#1 Posted : 11 October 2017 20:17:44(UTC)
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Hi,
I wish to loop through the YR formula, in pic below, for values of z being 0,0.2,0.4,0.6,0.8,1.0,1.2,1.4,1.589.
My progress so far is to produce an array evenly spaced z values and if the 1.0001 factor is not applied to hc_full then the last element of the z array is 1.362, rather than 1.589.
It is obvious to me that I have some missing skill here, please throw me some hints.
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Offline Jean Giraud  
#2 Posted : 11 October 2017 21:25:59(UTC)
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Just define your 'x' vector of values, include in small loop.

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#3 Posted : 11 October 2017 21:49:55(UTC)
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Hi Jean,
Thank you for the example file, I will study this for better understanding.
I have longer arrays to create also so wish to automate; if I make z as in the pic or with equal spacing, is there a means of appending the final (1.589) value to the end of the array?
Tim
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#4 Posted : 11 October 2017 23:42:16(UTC)
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I do not see any problem.

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#5 Posted : 12 October 2017 04:22:09(UTC)
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I have longer arrays to create also so wish to automate;


If you have longer array, equally spaced => as easy.
Naturally, if not equally spaced, must be manual.

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#6 Posted : 12 October 2017 04:28:28(UTC)
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... if they are not equally spaced, but if there is a bit
of logic in the spacing, we can select from a list that
can be made/refactored as you wish at will from a little
counter loop.
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#7 Posted : 12 October 2017 11:28:21(UTC)
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Jean,
Thank you for the counter loop example, this will stretch my programming comprehension.

CBG,
Thank you for typing the work from scratch, and showing no issue with the 1.589 value.
I redefined hc_full immediately above the z range call and then the output changed to match your results.

The hc_full is defined with an if statement.
Capture1a.JPG

The 1.589 value is absent from the z range.
Capture1.JPG

The hc_full is redefined directly above the z range call (to override the value produced by the if statement) and the 1.589 value is now present in the z range.
Capture2.JPG

Have I contravened a working principle in some way?

Tim
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#8 Posted : 12 October 2017 11:38:09(UTC)
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Redefining hc_full using hc_full:=hc_full also fixes the z range array.
Tim
Offline Jean Giraud  
#9 Posted : 12 October 2017 19:05:33(UTC)
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Have I contravened a working principle in some way?


Maybe not ? work sheet would help and no help.
Smath 6179 does not take index on the RHS.

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#10 Posted : 12 October 2017 23:45:07(UTC)
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for(3)-loops with initial, second and maximum value aren't robust if floating point values are specified. The internal representation of such numbers may differ from what is displayed due to round-off.

Due to this it is not good programming style to test the equality of two floating point numbers without specifying a tolerance. If you want to be safe, you either introduce such a tolerance or you generate the list of values based on a list of integers.

It should be possible to modify for(3) such that the tolerance is generated as a fraction of the difference between first and second value.

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Offline Jean Giraud  
#11 Posted : 13 October 2017 04:12:01(UTC)
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True Martin: that damned floating point often creates a very small imaginary.
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#12 Posted : 13 October 2017 05:22:25(UTC)
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In the context of this topic, there was an example in Mathcad 8.
About solving an RK DE relative to "Orbit" by Steven Finch.
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