Need help with symbolic variables (if else statement)

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if a > 10^-8
switch1 = b;
else
switch1 = 0;
end
i get the following error:
Conversion to logical from sym is not possible.
at line:
if a > 10^-8
I Need the above code to work with symbolic variables.
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Adam Danz
Adam Danz on 13 Jul 2018
Edited: Adam Danz on 13 Jul 2018
Ok, see answers. If 'a' must be 'sym' Walter's answer is best. If 'a' can be converted to 'double', see my answer.

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Accepted Answer

Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 13 Jul 2018
You need to use piecewise() for this purpose.

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Adam Danz
Adam Danz on 13 Jul 2018
According to your comments, 'a' is a symbol symbolizing a scalar number. If that's the case, you can convert 'a' to numerical.
a = sym('3.14159');
a = double(a); % Convert to double
if a > 10^-8
...
else
...
end
If you prefer to keep 'a' in the sym class, use Walter's answer.
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Akbar
Akbar on 18 Jul 2018
Edited: Akbar on 18 Jul 2018
Ok. I have just solved my issue by substituting if else statement with tanh().

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