Re: Interpolation difficulty
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg116588] Re: Interpolation difficulty
- From: Ray Koopman <koopman at sfu.ca>
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 04:19:57 -0500 (EST)
- References: <ijo544$lep$1@smc.vnet.net>
On Feb 19, 2:13 am, Javier <mathquesti... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Interpolation[{{2, 1}, {4, 5}, {5, 2}}, InterpolationOrder -> 0]
> gives a function which is 5 from 2 to 4, and 2 from 4 to 5.
>
> I want as a result a function which is 1 from 2 up to 4, then
> 5 from 4 up to 5. It should extrapolate to x=1 giving also 1,
> and to x=6 giving 2. Is this possible? Many thanks in advance.
Sorry, but I forgot to include the answer to your question.
f[x_] := Piecewise[{{1, 1 <= x < 4},
{5, 4 <= x < 5},
{2, 5 <= x < 6}}]