How can I plot a unit vector in 3-D space?

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Hello everyone,
I need help in plotting a 3-D unit vector. I was trying to use the "quiver3" command but could n't succeed. Any help or useful suggestions in this regard would be highly appreciated.
The details are:
I have a vector “r” with three components “x”, “y” and “z”. By definition, the unit vector of any vector is that vector divided by its magnitude. What I need to obtain is the corresponding unit vector in 3-D space in terms of arrows spread over x, y, and z coordinates.
Thanks.
clear all
close all
clc
N=101;
x=linspace(-10,10,N);
y=x;
z=y;
for i=1:length(x)
for j=1:length(y)
for k=1:length(z)
r_vec(i,j,k)=x(i)+y(j)+z(k);
r_mag(i,j,k)=sqrt(x(i).^2+y(j).^2+z(k).^2);
r_unit(i,j,k)=r_vec(i,j,k)./r_mag(i,j,k);
end
end
end

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KSSV
KSSV on 30 Jul 2020
Edited: KSSV on 30 Jul 2020
You need not to use that complex, time consuming loop to get what you want.
clear all
close all
clc
N=101;
x=linspace(-10,10,N)';
y=x;
z=y;
r_vec = [x y z] ;
r_mag = sqrt(x.^2+y.^2+z.^2) ;
r_unit = r_vec./r_mag ;
quiver3(x,y,z,r_unit(:,1),r_unit(:,2),r_unit(:,3))
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KSSV
KSSV on 30 Jul 2020
Did you run the code?
A vector in 3D should have three components so the size 101*3 is correct. Magnitude is length of the vector, so it will be 101*1. We divide each component with this magnitude. Again r_unit will be a unit vector and it shall have three components so it;s size is 101*3. To check you can find the magnitude of r_unit, you will get all 1's.
u_mag = sqrt(r_unit(:,1).^2+r_unit(:,2).^2+r_unit(:,3).^2) ;
The code is all right. It works.
NaviKan
NaviKan on 30 Jul 2020
Ok, thanks a lot.
It works and agian thanks for your help.

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