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error message help ??? Error using ==> mtimes

Hello
I'm getting an error message every time I runt this code!
The error message is the following:
??? Error using ==> mtimes
Inner matrix dimensions must agree.

Because I'm multiplying arrays, I did use .* and ./ but the problem persisted.

Please help,
Thanks
Ish

phi = (-pi/2):(pi/1000):(pi/2);
%phi = 90;
theta = (0.01):(pi/1000):pi;
%theta = 90;
r=1;
fr=77*(1e+9);
c=(2.9986e+8)*1000; %mm/sec
lamda_o=c/fr; %mm
ko=(2*pi)/lamda_o;
h= 0.03;
width= 0.054;
const=((j)*ko*h*width*(exp((-j)*ko*r)))/(2*pi*r);
X=(ko*h/2)*cos(phi)*sin(theta);
Y=(ko*width/2)*cos(theta);
radiation= ((abs(const*(sin(X)/X)*(sin(Y)/Y)*sin(theta)))^2)/(2*120*(pi^2));

radiation

"Sam Hamie" <Ismail.hamieh@gmail.com> wrote in message <i859fk$jdr$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Hello
> I'm getting an error message every time I runt this code!
> The error message is the following:
> ??? Error using ==> mtimes
> Inner matrix dimensions must agree.
>
> Because I'm multiplying arrays, I did use .* and ./ but the problem persisted.
>
> Please help,
> Thanks
> Ish
>
> phi = (-pi/2):(pi/1000):(pi/2);
> %phi = 90;
> theta = (0.01):(pi/1000):pi;
> %theta = 90;
> r=1;
> fr=77*(1e+9);
> c=(2.9986e+8)*1000; %mm/sec
> lamda_o=c/fr; %mm
> ko=(2*pi)/lamda_o;
> h= 0.03;
> width= 0.054;
> const=((j)*ko*h*width*(exp((-j)*ko*r)))/(2*pi*r);
> X=(ko*h/2)*cos(phi)*sin(theta);
> Y=(ko*width/2)*cos(theta);
> radiation= ((abs(const*(sin(X)/X)*(sin(Y)/Y)*sin(theta)))^2)/(2*120*(pi^2));
>
> radiation

quick work with the debugger (>> dbstop if error)
points to this line:
X=(ko*h/2)*cos(phi)*sin(theta);

whos ko h phi theta
  Name Size Bytes Class Attributes

  h 1x1 8 double
  ko 1x1 8 double
  phi 1x1001 8008 double
  theta 1x997 7976 double

Clearly there's going to be a dimensional error.

How would you suppose to multiply a 1x1001 vector, element-by-element, with a 1x997 vector?

Sean,

I know that phi and theta are the problem but I'm not sure how to fix those?
How can you limit the array to make them the same?

Thanks,
Ish


"Sean " <sean.dewolski@nospamplease.umit.maine.edu> wrote in message <i859u5$j7v$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> "Sam Hamie" <Ismail.hamieh@gmail.com> wrote in message <i859fk$jdr$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> > Hello
> > I'm getting an error message every time I runt this code!
> > The error message is the following:
> > ??? Error using ==> mtimes
> > Inner matrix dimensions must agree.
> >
> > Because I'm multiplying arrays, I did use .* and ./ but the problem persisted.
> >
> > Please help,
> > Thanks
> > Ish
> >
> > phi = (-pi/2):(pi/1000):(pi/2);
> > %phi = 90;
> > theta = (0.01):(pi/1000):pi;
> > %theta = 90;
> > r=1;
> > fr=77*(1e+9);
> > c=(2.9986e+8)*1000; %mm/sec
> > lamda_o=c/fr; %mm
> > ko=(2*pi)/lamda_o;
> > h= 0.03;
> > width= 0.054;
> > const=((j)*ko*h*width*(exp((-j)*ko*r)))/(2*pi*r);
> > X=(ko*h/2)*cos(phi)*sin(theta);
> > Y=(ko*width/2)*cos(theta);
> > radiation= ((abs(const*(sin(X)/X)*(sin(Y)/Y)*sin(theta)))^2)/(2*120*(pi^2));
> >
> > radiation
>
> quick work with the debugger (>> dbstop if error)
> points to this line:
> X=(ko*h/2)*cos(phi)*sin(theta);
>
> whos ko h phi theta
> Name Size Bytes Class Attributes
>
> h 1x1 8 double
> ko 1x1 8 double
> phi 1x1001 8008 double
> theta 1x997 7976 double
>
> Clearly there's going to be a dimensional error.

hello Matt,

I know that phi and theta are the problem but I'm not sure how to fix those?
How can you limit the array to make them the same?

Thanks,
Ish

"Matt Fig" <spamanon@yahoo.com> wrote in message <i85a1t$qv2$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> How would you suppose to multiply a 1x1001 vector, element-by-element, with a 1x997 vector?

> I know that phi and theta are the problem but I'm not sure how to fix those?
> How can you limit the array to make them the same?

>>help linspace

If you have the memory for it, and if appropriate, you might need to do a mesh of these two variables using MESHGRID. Data interpretation will be up to you.


phi = (-pi./2):(pi./1000):(pi./2);
%phi = 90;
theta = (0.01):(pi./1000):pi;

[phi,theta]= meshgrid(phi,theta);

%theta = 90;
r=1;
fr=77.*(1e+9);
c=(2.9986e+8).*1000; %mm./sec
lamda_o=c./fr; %mm
ko=(2.*pi)./lamda_o;
h= 0.03;
width= 0.054;
const=((j).*ko.*h.*width.*(exp((-j).*ko.*r)))./(2.*pi.*r);
X=(ko.*h./2).*cos(phi).*sin(theta);
Y=(ko.*width./2).*cos(theta);
radiation= ((abs(const.*(sin(X)./X).*(sin(Y)./Y).*sin(theta))).^2)./(2.*120.*(pi.^2));
surf(phi,theta,radiation) % See what you are dealing with.

"Matt Fig" <spamanon@yahoo.com> wrote in message <i85a1t$qv2$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> How would you suppose to multiply a 1x1001 vector, element-by-element, with a 1x997 vector?

Very, very carefully?