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need difference equation and for loop help

need difference equation and for loop help

need difference equation and for loop help

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I'm attempting to solve a difference equation

y(k+1) = -0.5*y(k) + x(k)

where y(0) = 0 and x(k) is in my case a unit step function ie = 1

well, i'm trying to solve this using a for loop, but am having some trouble. The code i've generated gets an error, "Index into matrix is negative or zero."

Any ideas?
My code is below.

k = 0 ; %counter variable
y = 0; %y(k)
x = 1; %x(k), unit step function

for k = 0 : 5

y(k+1) = -.5*y(k) + x;

y(k) = y(k+1)

end

RE: need difference equation and for loop help

Well, the error message seems pretty informative.

If k is zero and you call y(k) what else would you expect?

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RE: need difference equation and for loop help

MATLAB matrix indices start at 1, not 0.

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