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From: Estee on 28 Jun 2010 15:25
Hi,

I have an array of numbers, for example x = [1 2 3 4 5].
I want to find the (approximate) derivative for array x.
On the MatLab site, a suggestion to approximate the derivative looks like this:
y = diff(x);
derivative = diff(y) ./ diff(x)
However, since diff(array) shortens the length by 1, the top and bottom are of different sizes and causes an error.

Does anyone know how to fix this, or know a better way to approximate derivatives of an array of numbers?

Thanks! =]

Estee
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