polyval {pracma}R Documentation

Evaluating a Polynomial

Description

Evaluate polynomial given as a numeric vector.

Usage

  polyval(p, x)

Arguments

p

vector representing a polynomial

x

vector of values where to evaluate the polynomial

Details

Evaluate the polynomial given by p at the values specified by the elements of x. If x is a matrix, the polynomial will be evaluated at each element and a matrix returned.

Value

vector of values

See Also

poly, roots

Examples

  # Evaluate 3 x^2 + 2 x + 1 at x = 5, 7, and 9
  p = c(3, 2, 1);
  polyval(p, c(5, 7, 9))  # 86  162  262

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