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Equivalent function for heaviside in scilab

Is there any equivalent function to 'heaviside' in Scilab?

in MATLAB heaviside(x) returns the value 0 for x < 0, 1 for x > 0, and 1/2 for x = 0.

is there any such function? if yes, how to use it?

Scilab 20-12-18, 10:03 p.m. Akhtar

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Hello,

It could be easily done using following function (writtenn as a script with an example).

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clear(); // Remove all variables
xdel(winsid()); // Close all graphic windows
clc; // Clear the Scilab Console

function y = heaviside(x)
[r, c] = size(x);
y = zeros(r, c);
y(x == 0) = 1/2;
y(x > 0) = 1;
endfunction

// Example
x = -10:10;
y = heaviside(x - 2); // Time-shift applied
plot2d3(x, y, color('red'));
xlabel('x'); title('y = heaviside(x - 2)');

25-12-18, 10:38 p.m. ska109

You can save the function heaviside.sci

function y = heaviside(x)
  [r, c] = size(x);
  y = zeros(r, c);
  y(x == 0) = 1/2;
  y(x > 0) = 1;
endfunction

in some directory called "MyFunctions". If you are using the startup file, you can load all functions in this directory using

getd('...PathTo/MyFunctions')

27-12-18, 3:37 p.m. ska109

Thank You very much.

29-12-18, 11:15 a.m. Akhtar

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