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How to fix the precession difference error of variables in matlab?

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I have 2 data sets named T and T2 as shown in the below figure with values ranging with a precession of 1e-5.
The expected max difference of T1-T2 should appear at Sample number 20 through visual inspection from figure 1. However, when I plot T1-T2 in matlab, I get completely a wrong plot as shown below with sample number 44 as maximum of difference, which is not true. In this regard, could some one help me to solve this issue.

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Dyuman Joshi
Dyuman Joshi on 23 Aug 2022
Edited: Dyuman Joshi on 23 Aug 2022
If you look at the values, you will get an idea as to why that's happening -
format long
T1=load('T1.mat').T1;
T2=load('T2.mat').T2;
T1(20)
ans =
5.116663670052163e-07
T2(20)
ans =
1.247071549704016e-10
T1(20)-T2(20)
ans =
5.115416598502459e-07
T1(44)
ans =
6.325269098750142e-06
T2(44)
ans =
5.813727438899893e-06
T1(44)-T2(44)
ans =
5.115416598502488e-07
As the values increase, on graph it may look like the difference is smaller but that is compared to the original values (absolute scale). If you want to get a clear idea, compare on an relative scale.
%comparing to T1
plot(1:numel(T1),(T1-T2)./T1)
%comparing to T2
plot(1:numel(T1),(T1-T2)./T2)
Now you can see the spike is near 20, as you observed

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Abderrahim. B
Abderrahim. B on 23 Aug 2022
You are replying on what your eyes see, use max function.
clear
close all
load(websave("T1", "https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/1105360/T1.mat"))
load(websave("T2", "https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/1105365/T2.mat"))
figure
subplot(2,1,1)
plot(T1)
hold on
plot(T2)
subplot(2,1,2)
plot(T1 - T2)
[maxV idx] = max(T1 -T2) % the plot is correct
maxV = 5.1154e-07
idx = 44

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