Re: Piecewise functions
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- Subject: [mg51582] Re: Piecewise functions
- From: "Steve Luttrell" <steve_usenet at _removemefirst_luttrell.org.uk>
- Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 00:22:41 -0400 (EDT)
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This does what you want: y[x_]:=x/;x>3; y[x_]:=-x/;-1<x<3; y[x_]:=1; Steve Luttrell "Luca" <luca at nospam.it> wrote in message news:cl9tau$7oi$1 at smc.vnet.net... > Hi all. I'm studying for the exam of signals and systems and I was > trying to plot some kind of functions I transformed for exercise. So, I > need to plot piecewise functions like: > > y(x) = x if x > 3 > y(x) = -x if -1 < x < 3 > y(x) = 1 else > > (should have been a system). > I found out in the guide the chapter about this, and I learned that it > is possible with the function UnitStep, which I know. Anyway, I found > it difficult to determine the equation of the function using this > method. Is it possible to do it simply writing everything like I did > before, more or less? i.e. without having to determine the equation > with the UnitStep function. > Hope I've been clear enought. Many thanks. > > Luca >