Hi Javier,
I understand that you would like to write a customized class that outputs nicely formatted formulas as desired.
You can define a custom class in MATLAB and override the "disp" method to control the display behaviour. Here is an example of a custom class which displays formulas as the desired:
classdef CustomFormula
properties
formula % Store the formula as a property
end
methods
% Constructor
function obj = CustomFormula(formula)
if nargin > 0
obj.formula = formula;
end
end
% Override disp method for custom display
function disp(obj)
% Format the formula as desired
formattedFormula = obj.formatFormula();
% Display the formatted formula
disp(formattedFormula);
end
% Custom method to format the formula
function formattedFormula = formatFormula(obj)
% Implement your own formatting logic here
% You can use string manipulation or LaTeX formatting
% Example: Replace ddtheta with \ddot{\theta}
formattedFormula = strrep(obj.formula, "ddtheta", "$\ddot{\theta}$");
end
end
end
In this example, the "CustomFormula" class is defined with a formula property to store the formula. The "disp" method is overridden to control the display behaviour. Inside the "disp" method, you can implement your own formatting logic in the "formatFormula" method.
You can customize the "formatFormula" method to apply your desired formatting rules to the formula string. In the example, it uses "strrep" to replace the string 'ddtheta' with the LaTeX representation '\ddot{\theta}'.
Once you have defined the "CustomFormula" class, you can create instances of it and display them using the "disp" function.
% Create a CustomFormula object
formulaObj = CustomFormula('ddtheta + 2 * theta');
% Display the formatted formula
disp(formulaObj);
I hope this helps you create a customized class.
