Making a program recursive

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Hi, I wonder if anyone may be able to help. I have a program I've written that is a sliding window, it basically sends chunks of data from(sample3) within the window to a function (grey_model_sw), this function outputs the variables [x,xs,yw]. Within the function, I have a variable t_test which at present is set manually to say 5000. What I would like to do is set t_test with the length of the last value to yw instead of having to set it manually. I have tried but failed to get this to work, any idea?
Help would be gratefully be appreciated.
Andy

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Salaheddin Hosseinzadeh
Salaheddin Hosseinzadeh on 27 May 2015
Hi Andy!
I'm not sure if I understood your problem, so let me explain what I understood first! And if it is not what you mean please explain a little bit more.
My understanding: You have a function that you pass variables to and you get some outputs out of it. You have a parameter fixed inside your function to 5000 which should be length of the previous out put of the same function
For instance
[x,xs,yw] = myfunction(input1,in2,in3)
% here you have some codes
t_test = 5000;
% rest of yoru code
% assigning the output variables for example
x = sin(input1);
xs = cos(in2);
yw = tan(in2);
end % this is the end of the function
but you want your function to be as
[x,xs,yw] = myfunction(input1,in2,in3,t_test)
% there is no constant t_test in body of the code
end
where t_test is = length(yw) of the last iteration!
So you can either put myfunction inside a loop and put this all inside another function if you like.
Or
Use a persistent variable! this variable does not remove when function is reached the end, so in the next iteration it has a value. Look at MATLAB help for persistent keyword.
I think your code should look like this eventually
[x,xs,yw] = myfunction(input1,in2,in3,in4)
% here you have some codes
%
if ~exist(t_test)
persistent t_test; defining a persistent variable
t_test = in4; this only happens the first time
end
% rest of yoru code
% assigning the output variables for example
x = sin(input1);
xs = cos(in2);
yw = tan(in2);
%
t_test = length(yw); here is setting the t_test for new iteration
%
end % this is the end of the function
This is a clue on how to do it, I'm sure you can figure it out.
Good Luck!
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Andrew Wileman
Andrew Wileman on 27 May 2015
Brilliant, seems to work. I would have never thought of doing it like that. Many thanks Salaheddin.

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