Why do I recieve error when doing sinc function

Im trying to plot the sinc function and im given my A and T however when i try to input the equation i get an error
A = 1;
T = 1;
gf= AT sinc(fT);

2 Comments

Please copy and paste the full error message, all of the red text, so we can see what error you are getting.

Sign in to comment.

Answers (2)

If you want to plot the sinc value for a range of values then you need to pass it a vector of values.
So for example:
x = linspace(-10,10,1000); % defines a vector with a thousand equally spaced points between -10 and 10
y = sinc(x);
plot(x,y)
You will need to modify with your actual values and scaling constants

3 Comments

The plot shown in your figure is of the absolute value of the sinc function. Also it looks like it goes out to x = f/T of about 4 so this would probably look close
x = linspace(-4,4,1000); % defines a vector with a thousand equally spaced points between -10 and 10
y = abs(sinc(x));
plot(x,y)
By the way the error message you are getting is because you didn't have a multiplication operator. You need to have something like:
gf = A*T*sinc(ft)
This would have then given another error, because you have not yet defined ft
If you are still just trying to get the basics of using MATLAB I would suggest completing the MATLAB on-ramp https://www.mathworks.com/learn/tutorials/matlab-onramp.html

Sign in to comment.

Hi, try it this way. That is the way how it should be done. But I could not get the exact waveform. Maybe others could help.
t = linspace(-5,5);
f=1./t;
A=5;
y = A.*t.*sinc(f.*t);
plot(t,y)
grid

Categories

Products

Asked:

on 25 Jan 2022

Commented:

Jon
on 25 Jan 2022

Community Treasure Hunt

Find the treasures in MATLAB Central and discover how the community can help you!

Start Hunting!