Re: UnitStep[] Problem.
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg27335] Re: [mg27303] UnitStep[] Problem.
- From: Jack Goldberg <jackgold at math.lsa.umich.edu>
- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 03:17:13 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Dustin;
I believe that UnitStep is not a built-in function until ver 4. You need
to load one of the supplied add-on packages to get a functional UnitStep.
The package may be DiracDelta, but I have not used it for so long I'm not
entirely sure of this.
Jack
On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Dustin Darcy wrote:
> When I type in:
> Table[UnitStep[x], {x, -3, 3}]
>
> it should yield:
> {0,0,0,1,1,1,1}
>
> Instead, though, I get:
> {UnitStep[-3],UnitStep[-2],UnitStep[-1],UnitStep[0],UnitStep[1],UnitStep
> [2],UnitStep[3]}
>
> Is this due to not loading a certain package? I've tried loading
> everything I could possibly imagine, and I've read over every bit of
> documentation I could scrounge up. However, I've yet to have any luck
> getting it to work.
>
> Oh, it's probably important to mention that I'm dealing with a
> considerably older copy of Mathematica: Mathematica Version 3.0.
> However, it does appear that the UnitStep function should exist.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> Dustin J. D.
> mr.grinch at gte.net, ddarcy at digipen.edu, emoe at users.sourceforge.net
> 4727 148th Ave NE. Apt #CC203, Bellevue, WA, 98007 USA
> T: 1-425-881-7126, ICQ: 81236750, AIM: DustinDarcy
> IRC: EFNET #chaosengine
> http://www.razingthe.net, http://chaosengine.sourceforge.net
>