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values

Extract values vector from simulation series

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Syntax

vv = values(series)
vv = values(series,units)

Description

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vv = values(series) returns a row vector of variable values contained in the series, in default units. series is a simscape.logging.Series object. series must include a full identifier path to the series, starting with the workspace log variable name.

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vv = values(series,units) returns a row vector of variable values contained in the series, in specified units. units must be commensurate with the default units of the variable values contained in the series.

Examples

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Return the deformation values of a Translational Spring block, in default units.

Open the Mass-Spring-Damper with Controller example model:

openExample('simscape/MassSpringDamperWithControllerExample')

This example model has data logging enabled for the whole model, with the Workspace variable name parameter set to simlog_MassSpringDamperWithController.

Simulate the model for 1 second, to log the simulation data:

paramNameValStruct.StopTime = '1.0';
sim('MassSpringDamperWithController',paramNameValStruct);

Return the deformation values of the Translational Spring block, Spring. x is the deformation variable name, and series is the Series object containing the simulation data for this variable.

v1 = values(simlog_MassSpringDamperWithController.Spring.x.series)
v1 =

         0
    0.0652
    0.1153
    0.1587
    0.1947
    0.2179
    0.2228
    0.2046
    0.1591
    0.0840
    0.0193
   -0.0164
   -0.0426
   -0.0648
   -0.0762
   -0.0770
   -0.0747
   -0.0686
   -0.0587
   -0.0519
   -0.0452
   -0.0369
   -0.0282
   -0.0231
   -0.0187
   -0.0140
   -0.0097
   -0.0074
   -0.0054
   -0.0036
   -0.0021
   -0.0011
   -0.0005
   -0.0002
   -0.0000

The v1 vector has 35 values because the simulation series has 35 time steps. The deformation values are in meters (the default unit of the series).

The previous example returns the deformation values of a Translational Spring block in default units, meters. In this example, specify a different unit for extracting the series values. The unit you specify must be commensurate with the default units of the variable values contained in the series.

Return the deformation values of the Translational Spring block, Spring, in millimeters.

v2 = values(simlog_MassSpringDamperWithController.Spring.x.series,'mm')
v2 =

         0
   65.1626
  115.2876
  158.6666
  194.6648
  217.8816
  222.7924
  204.5943
  159.1137
   83.9882
   19.3122
  -16.4485
  -42.6109
  -64.7991
  -76.1640
  -76.9521
  -74.6976
  -68.5525
  -58.6695
  -51.8953
  -45.1768
  -36.8985
  -28.1789
  -23.1087
  -18.6816
  -14.0093
   -9.7345
   -7.3590
   -5.4308
   -3.5878
   -2.0621
   -1.0952
   -0.5459
   -0.1758
   -0.0334

The v2 vector also has 35 values, but these values are in millimeters, so each value is 1000 times bigger than the respective value in v1.

Input Arguments

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Simulation series, specified as a simscape.logging.Series object. series must include a full identifier path to the series, starting with the workspace log variable name.

Units for plotting the data, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'units' and a unit name, or a cell array of unit names. Unit names must appear inside single quotes ('') or double quotes (""). Specified units must be commensurate with the units of the series values.

Output Arguments

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Variable values corresponding to the time steps in the simulation series, returned as a row vector.

For nonscalar variables of size m-by-n, this method returns a row vector of m*n*steps size, where steps is the number of steps in the series, and each m*n block represents the logged value for the variable in a column major form. For example, if a variable size is 2-by-2, then the first four elements in the row vector are the a11, a21, a12, and a22 elements at the first time step.

Version History

Introduced in R2010b

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