How can I make a flat,horizontal line appear in Matlab when my values are less than zero?

clear all; clc;
t = 0:.01:35;
h = height(t)

%Part C (maxima)---I swapped the order for the plotting
%max function
[xpsudeomax,ymax] = max(h(t));   
xrealmax = t(ymax);
maxfunction = [xrealmax,ymax];

%fminbnd function
[xmax2,ymaxpsudeo]= fminbnd(@(t) (-1.*h(t)),0,30);
yrealmax = -1.*ymaxpsudeo;
format long g
fminbndmax = [xmax2,yrealmax] ;

%Part D --- awkward position was for plotting
[xzero,ypsuedozero]= fzero(@(t) h(t),20);
yrealzero = round(ypsuedozero);
ZERO = [xzero,yrealzero];

%Part B (height vs time) 
figure;
plot(t,h(t),'blue',xmax2,yrealmax,'go','LineWidth',2);
hold on;
plot(xzero,yrealzero,'r.','MarkerSize',20);
ylabel('altitude [m]');
xlabel('time [sec]');
title('Rocket Trajectory');
legend('height','max','ground','location','ne')
axis([0 35 0 1500]);

If you load this, you'll get a graph that stops at the red dot. I want a blue line to appear on the x-axis after it touches the red dot. How can I do this?

[Image Analyst]

It doesn't run because you did not include the "height()" function.

[Ruten9]

function h = height(t)

h(:,1) = @(t) ((-9.8).*(2.^(-1))).*(t (:) .^2) + 125.*t(:) + 500;

%h(h<0) = 0;
if h(t) <0
    h=0
end
 end

This is my height.m file . The commented section keeps giving me an error.

Answer 1

[Thorsten]

function h = height(t)
h = ((-9.8).*(2.^(-1))).*(t (:) .^2) + 125.*t(:) + 500;
h(h<0) = 0;
end

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

This is what I used:

function test3
clc;    % Clear the command window.
t = 0:.01:35;
h = height(t)

%Part C (maxima)---I swapped the order for the plotting
%max function
[xpsudeomax,ymax] = max(h(t));
xrealmax = t(ymax);
maxfunction = [xrealmax,ymax];

%fminbnd function
[xmax2,ymaxpsudeo]= fminbnd(@(t) (-1.*h(t)),0,30);
yrealmax = -1.*ymaxpsudeo;
format long g
fminbndmax = [xmax2,yrealmax] ;

%Part D --- awkward position was for plotting
[xzero,ypsuedozero]= fzero(@(t) h(t),20);
yrealzero = round(ypsuedozero);
ZERO = [xzero,yrealzero];

%Part B (height vs time)
figure;
plot(t,h(t),'blue',xmax2,yrealmax,'go','LineWidth',2);
hold on;
plot(xzero,yrealzero,'r.','MarkerSize',20);
ylabel('altitude [m]');
xlabel('time [sec]');
title('Rocket Trajectory');
legend('height','max','ground','location','ne')
axis([0 35 0 1500]);

function h = height(t)
h(:,1) = @(t) ((-9.8).*(2.^(-1))).*(t (:) .^2) + 125.*t(:) + 500;
%h(h<0) = 0; if h(t) <0 h=0 end end

and this is what it produces:

Then you say "you'll get a graph that stops at the red dot. I want a blue line to appear on the x-axis after it touches the red dot"

I'm not sure exactly what that means. What I would suggest you try is to either plot a red circle instead of a dot using 'ro' or plot the blue line after you plot the red dot/circle.

[Ruten9]

This is what I want.

[Image Analyst]

How is that different than the plot I posted?

[Ruten9]

There's a blue horizontal line after the red dot.

[Image Analyst]

Like Thorsten says, uncomment the code that you commented out

h(h<0) = 0;

Why did you comment it out in the first place?

[Walter Roberson]

The h that the poster created was a function handle. You cannot compare a function handle to 0.

[Image Analyst]

Oh, right. That was unnecessary. Thorsten corrected it. Please Accept his answer.