Re: strange error
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- Subject: [mg122326] Re: strange error
- From: David Bailey <dave at removedbailey.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 06:17:43 -0400 (EDT)
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On 22/10/2011 11:16, Klemen Dovrtel wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> I defined a simple function that is composed of three functions, each for different range of argument/variable. The function was composed using If[] conditions. The problem is that i can't FindRoot of this composed function. I get an error "the function value is not a list of numbers with dimensions {1}", which is not true. Any idea how can i solve this?
>
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> Mathematica print screen:
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> http://www.shrani.si/f/t/vo/3jLzgMiy/prtscr.jpg
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> Best Regards
> Klemen
The problem is that your function 'evaluates' even when its argument is
not a number (remember that Mathematica can do algebra as well as
numerics). The following version will fix this:
Test[m_?NumericQ] := Module[{ret},
If[m <= 100, ret = 2 m];
If[100 <= m <= 200, ret = 200 + 1 (m - 100)];
If[200 < m, ret = 300 + 0.5 (m - 200)];
N[ret]
];
BTW, why not post a link to a notebook containing a problem, rather than
an image, which requires typing back into a notebook?
David Bailey
http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk
