diffxy

Arguments

x

scalar, vector or matrix of doubles

y

vector or matrix of doubles

N

integer, the order of differentiation. Default value: 1.

dim

integer or string, Available values: 1, 2, "r" and "c". Default value: find(size(y) > 1, 1)

Description

dydx=diffxy(x, y) compute the derivative of y with respect to x. dydx will be the same size as y. diffxy also handles unequally spaced data and treats the edges using the higher accuracy.

dydx = diff(x, y, N, dim) is the Nth difference function along dimension dim.

Default value for N is 1. Default value for dim is find(size(y) > 1, 1).

dim='r' is equivalent to dim=1 and dim='c' is equivalent to dim=2.

Examples

Equally spaced data

clf();
x = linspace(0, %pi, 1e3);
y = cos(x);
dy = diffxy(x, y);
plot(x, -sin(x), "ro", x, dy, "k*");
legend(["-sin(x)", "diffxy(x, y)"]);

Unequally spaced data

clf();
x = linspace(0, %pi, 1e3) + rand(1, 1e3, "normal") * 0.1;
y = cos(x);
dy = diffxy(x, y);
plot(x, -sin(x), "ro", x, dy, "k*");
legend(["-sin(x)", "diffxy(x, y)"])

See also

• diff — Difference and discrete derivative

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