What's wrong with this code?

I am getting this error msg. Please find me the mistakes here.
In an assignment A(I) = B, the number of elements in B and I must be the same.
r=[2.0 3.1 3.5 3.65 3.84 3.95];
x=[];
x(1)=0.35;
f=@(x) r*x*(1-x);
N=40;
for t=1:N-1;
x(t+1)=f(x(t));
end
hold on
plot(x,'r-')

Answers (2)

Joseph Cheng
Joseph Cheng on 21 Mar 2014
yes thats because you are including information that is not here and in your other posting that was flagged. but looks like you have it so we're all set?

3 Comments

Sam
Sam on 21 Mar 2014
Edited: Sam on 21 Mar 2014
Sorry I can't use that. My friend just sent me to see what he did. So, if I use that, I will be cheating. That's why I am exhausting myself here. But, thanks for all your help. Atleast, you're not making any rude comments.
only rude comment from me would be that posting on a forum for assignment questions involving things besides what type of functions to use, function errors, random matlab issues, and approaches to handling data is cheating. The Teaching Assistant or office hours should be where assignment related questions be asked.
And it’s not cheating to have MATLAB Answers do your homework for you?
Joseph Cheng
Joseph Cheng on 21 Mar 2014
Edited: Joseph Cheng on 21 Mar 2014
Were you attempting to do this?
r=[2.0 3.1 3.5 3.65 3.84 3.95];
x=[];
x(1,:)=0.35*ones(size(r));
f=@(x) r*x*(1-x);
N=40;
for t=1:N-1;
x(t+1,:)=f(x(t));
end
hold on
plot(x)
legend('r = 2.0','r = 3.1', 'r = 3.65')
Where the first value of x is 0.35? or you can re-write it such that the function
f=@(x,r) r*x*(1-x);
such that you write a for loop to cycle in the r you need.

8 Comments

Sam
Sam on 21 Mar 2014
Edited: Sam on 21 Mar 2014
I am not sure what exactly the meaning of this: x(1,:)=0.35*ones(size®) and x=0.35 is the only value or initial value in this case.
x(1,:)=0.35 *ones(size®) initializes x for each instance of r
Thanks for finding that, Joseph.
A parallel thread and I’m outahere!
No this is completely different. The question here asks for: Plot x as a function of time, and f(x) as a function of x, for r =2.0, 3.1, 3.5, 3.65, 3.84, 3.95.
Joseph Cheng
Joseph Cheng on 21 Mar 2014
Edited: Joseph Cheng on 21 Mar 2014
and for the information given so far i've shown you how to get each f(x) as a function of x for each of the r's. and we've explained the error.
Yes, but the graph I am getting for each individual r is completely different from when I use all the r values together if that make any sense to you.
no it doesn't make sense. how do they look different? shape? amplitude?

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