Re: [Q] Programming & "Not Floating Point Number" Error
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- Subject: [mg3152] Re: [mg3133] [Q] Programming & "Not Floating Point Number" Error
- From: Phil Moore <moorep at MARSHALL.EDU>
- Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 03:00:31 -0500
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
On Tue, 6 Feb 1996, Noel T. Doromal wrote:
> Hello out there! This is my first time on this group, so I apologize for
> breaking any netiquette rules.
>
> I have a Mma question that I hope someone out there can help me with. I
> recently started using Mma for a class and have had a hard time
> "programming" with it. Here is the script/program that i wrote:
>
> --
> epsilon = .01
> gamma = 7
> dt = .125
> stim = 0
>
> y0 = -.5
> w0 = 0.0
>
> For[i=0, i<50, i++,
> f = y0 * (1 - y0 *y0);
> v = y0 + (f - w0) * dt;
> w = w0 +(epsilon*(gamma*y0 - w0)) * dt;
> vee[i] = v;
> doubleu[i] = w;
> y0 = v;
> w0 = w;
> ]
>
> ListPlot[{vee,doubleu}]
> ---
I think you need to transpose the first and second layers. I've
never done this before, but I believe that
ListPlot[Transpose{vee,doubleu}] will work.
>
> First question: Are there examples of Mma programs out there that are
> longer than a line or two? (Or was mathematica not really made for
> programming?) I bought the book and can't find any in there. (It
> describes the control structures: do, if, for... but then gives one line
> examples only)
>
> Second: In the script above I'm essentially calculating a bunch of points
> that I want to plot (V vs. W - I had to use "vee" and "doubleu" to get it
> to work). The only way I could figure to do it was to store the numbers
> in a list and then use ListPlot[] but I can't get it right. I keep
> getting:
>
> --
> Graphics::gptn:
> Coordinate vee in {1, vee} is not a floating-point number.
> Graphics::gptn:
> Coordinate doubleu in {2, doubleu} is not a floating-point number.
> --
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> Noel
>
>
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