Compare results of different step size using Euler's method

x1=zeros(10000,1);
x2=zeros(10000,1);
x3=zeros(10000,1);
Time=zeros(10000,1);
for i=1:10001
t=(i-1)*0.0005;
Time(i)=t;
if t==0
x1(i)=0;
x2(i)=0;
x3(i)=2;
else
x1(i)=x1(i-1)+x2(i-1)*0.0005;
x3(i-1)=2-9*sin(x1(i-1))-x2(i-1);
x2(i)=x2(i-1)+x3(i-1)*0.0005;
end
Xa=x1*180/pi;
plot(Time,Xa,'red')
I can get the plot for one time interval but I want to get it for different time intervals such as at 0.001, 0.01,0.1 and also compare the results on the same plot. how do i do this? please help??

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I have made a few tweaks to your code and it will now allow you to alter one parameter value (the time step size) and produce a new approximation that will be added to your previous plot.
clear all
h = 0.00001;
x1=zeros(round(5/h),1);
x2=zeros(round(5/h),1);
x3=zeros(round(5/h),1);
Time=zeros(round(5/h),1);
for i=1:(5/h)+1
t=(i-1)*h;
Time(i)=t;
if t==0
x1(i)=0;
x2(i)=0;
x3(i)=2;
else
x1(i)=x1(i-1)+x2(i-1)*h;
x3(i-1)=2-9*sin(x1(i-1))-x2(i-1);
x2(i)=x2(i-1)+x3(i-1)*h;
end
end
Xa=x1*180/pi;
hold on
plot(Time,Xa)
Here h is your time step and I have just modified everything else to produce the correct length arrays for storing the results. I also took out the 'red' from your plotting command so that each approximation will automatically plot in a different colour.

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Thanks a lot.. This code works fine... But how do I change the value of h in it.
e.g h = 0.00001;0.005;0.01;
I know how to plot them together but how do I put in different values of h together in one code.
Thanks
I guess you'd have to adjust this to something like:
h = sort([0.00001 0.005 0.01],'descend');
for step = 1:numel(h)
x1=zeros(round(5/h(step)),1);
x2=zeros(round(5/h(step)),1);
x3=zeros(round(5/h(step)),1);
Time=zeros(round(5/h(step)),1);
for i=1:(5/h(step))+1
t=(i-1)*h(step);
Time(i)=t;
if t==0
x1(i)=0;
x2(i)=0;
x3(i)=2;
else
x1(i)=x1(i-1)+x2(i-1)*h(step);
x3(i-1)=2-9*sin(x1(i-1))-x2(i-1);
x2(i)=x2(i-1)+x3(i-1)*h(step);
end
end
Xa=x1*180/pi;
hold on
plot(Time,Xa)
end
Here the sort is to make sure that you start with the largest step size, otherwise you'll run into issues when you come to plotting.

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Thanks a lot again, but it still doesn't solve my problem.
I need all the plots on a single figure.
clear all
h = sort([0.00001 0.005 0.01 1],'descend');
for step = 1:numel(h)
x1=zeros(round(5/h(step)),1);
x2=zeros(round(5/h(step)),1);
x3=zeros(round(5/h(step)),1);
Time=zeros(round(5/h(step)),1);
for i=1:(5/h(step))+1
t=(i-1)*h(step);
Time(i)=t;
if t==0
x1(i)=0;
x2(i)=0;
x3(i)=2;
else
x1(i)=x1(i-1)+x2(i-1)*h(step);
x3(i-1)=2-9*sin(x1(i-1))-x2(i-1);
x2(i)=x2(i-1)+x3(i-1)*h(step);
end
end
end
Xa=x1*180/pi;
figure(1)
subplot(2,1,1)
plot(Time,Xa)
hold on
plot(Time,Xa)
hold off

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The code I provided does give all the results on a single figure. Do you mean that you want each in a separate subplot? If so then you could use:
h = sort([0.00001 0.005 0.01],'descend');
for step = 1:numel(h)
x1=zeros(round(5/h(step)),1);
x2=zeros(round(5/h(step)),1);
x3=zeros(round(5/h(step)),1);
Time=zeros(round(5/h(step)),1);
for i=1:(5/h(step))+1
t=(i-1)*h(step);
Time(i)=t;
if t==0
x1(i)=0;
x2(i)=0;
x3(i)=2;
else
x1(i)=x1(i-1)+x2(i-1)*h(step);
x3(i-1)=2-9*sin(x1(i-1))-x2(i-1);
x2(i)=x2(i-1)+x3(i-1)*h(step);
end
end
Xa=x1*180/pi;
hold on
subplot(1,numel(h),step)
plot(Time,Xa)
end
This works well... Thanks a lot...
Greatly appreciate your help
Hello, may I ask what is the reasoning behind the "5/h(step)" while predefining the correct length arrays? It's not clear to me what exactly does this part of the code do.

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