how to sum floating point elements of an array
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Subrat kumar sahoo
le 11 Sep 2012
Commenté : SWATI BHARGAVA
le 2 Déc 2019
Hi I have an array which has floating point inputs. I need to sum all the elements to get a single value. The command 'sum' takes only integer inputs and throws error "??? Subscript indices must either be real positive integers or logicals" for double type inputs. Will appreciate any help.
Thanks, Subrat
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Yoheena Kotikawatte
le 24 Mar 2018
Hi! How do i make this work:
k = 25;
v=[1;0];
pvalues=[0:.01:1];
for i1=1:length(pvalues) p=pvalues(i1); A =[(2-p) (0.25*p); p (1.25-0.25*p)]; numbbacteria=(A^k)*v; y(p) = sum(numbbacteria); end
plot(pvalues,y) ylabel('Total number of bacteria'); xlabel('Probability that a bacteria will switch states');
because I get the eror: Subscript indices must either be real positive integers or logicals.
Error in p_file (line 8) y(p) = sum(numbbacteria);
I do understand the eror but how do i make it work with decimals?
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Jan
le 11 Sep 2012
Modifié(e) : Jan
le 11 Sep 2012
While the command sum accepts arrays of floating point types also (see the documention!), this will fail if you overwrite the name "sum" by a variable:
clear sum % The initial status
sum(rand(1,5)) % works!
sum = 1:10; % Brrr, don't do it, although it is not a bug
sum(rand(1,5)) % Bug!
Check overwritten names by the command whos.
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Khushi Bhatti
le 12 Mar 2019
Thank you so much Jan! it took me two hours to find my mistake. you just solved it in a second. very helpful
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Oleg Komarov
le 11 Sep 2012
"??? Subscript indices must either be real positive integers or logicals"
It means you're doing something:
a = 1:0.1:2;
b = rand(20,1);
b(a)
You cannot select position 1.1, 1.2... of an array (or -1). The indexing of an array is done with whole positive integers 1, 2, 3...
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