Brace indexing is not supported for variables of this type. Error in cell2mat (line 36) if isnumeric(c{1}) || ischar(c{1}) || islogical(c{1}) || isstruct(c{1}) Error in NRMVRR (line 13) m=cell2mat(f);

count=1;f1=cell(2,1);f=cell(2,1);j=cell(2,1);df=cell(2,1);

while(count<=2)
    prompt='Enter the function equation:';
    fun=input(prompt,'s')
    f1{count}=fun;
    f=@(x)[f1];
    count=count+1;
end
guess=input('Enter the guess value in row vector form as [x(1);x(2)]=')
itmax=input ('Enter the max no of iterations=')
m=cell2mat(f);

df=@(x)[2*x(1),2*x(2);2*x(1),-2*x(2)];
for i=1:itmax
    xi=-df(guess)\m(guess);
    guess=guess+xi;
    if xi<=eps(1)*100

Error that I'm getting is as

Brace indexing is not supported for variables of this type.
Error in cell2mat (line 36)     if isnumeric(c{1}) || ischar(c{1}) || islogical(c{1}) || isstruct(c{1})  Error in NRMVRR (line 13) m=cell2mat(f);
Please help

[Stephen23]

f is a function handle, not a cell array. What do you expect cell2mat of a function handle to do?

[Ravindra Prajapati]

I want to evaluate the vector valued function stored in the cell at the input vector guess Thankyou

[Stephen23]

"I want to evaluate the vector valued function stored in the cell ..."

You have not stored any function handle in any cell, because although you define f as a cell array at the start, inside the while loop you completely redefine f on each loop iteration.

To evaluate any function use the syntax described in the introductory tutorials:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/learn_matlab/calling-functions.html

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

I fixed up the first part of your code. Your code has many bugs, you actually need to read the MATLAB documentation to learn how to create functions from strings using str2func, how to use function handles, how to use for loops, how to allocate functions to cell arrays using cell arrays using indexing, etc. Writing code by guessing is very inefficient, and will just waste your time (as this question proves). Writing code without checking the output of every line will also waste your time (as this question proves). You also need to learn how to debug your own code:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/debugging-process-and-features.html

In any case, this is what I came up with: it lets the user enter N functions (of x) and the values that you require:

N = 2;
C = cell(1,N);
for k = 1:N
    txt = 'Enter the function equation as a function of x: ';
    C{k} = str2func(sprintf('@(x)%s;',input(txt,'s')));
end
txt = 'Enter the guess values, space separated: ';
guess = sscanf(input(txt,'s'),'%f%f',1:2); % safer
txt = 'Enter the number of iterations: ';
itmax = sscanf(input(txt,'s'),'%f',[1,1]); % safer

When run it generates this in the command window:

Enter the function equation as a function of x: 2*x+1
Enter the function equation as a function of x: x.^2
Enter the guess values, space separated: 2 3
Enter the number of iterations: 100

Now lets check the numeric values:

>> guess
guess =
   2   3
>> itmax
itmax =  100

Now lets check the functions in the cell array:

>> C{1}(2) % 2*2+1
ans =  5
>> C{1}(3) % 2*3+1
ans =  7
>> C{2}(2) % 2^2
ans =  4
>> C{2}(3) % 3^2
ans =  9

I have no idea what that second, incomplete loop is trying to do.