Intersection between curve from points and a line

Question

I'm new in matlab and I'm trying to find the intersection between a curve (from points) and a line.

I've some points and I've plot the interpolation between this points. Now I want to find the intersection between the interpolation (xi,yi) curve and another line.

x = [94.8;84.4;63.1;49.4;40.6;33.8;23.2;20.1;10.2;9.2;7.9];
y = [0; 11.4;29.7;41.6;47.5;50.1;52.9;50.6;32.2;28.1;0];
xi=94.8:-0.1:7.9;
yi=interp1(x,y,xi,'spline');
plot(x,y,'*');
hold on
plot(xi,yi);

I've researched but everything I've found needs a function. I already tried to convert the curve to a function using polyfit but the fit is not good enought.

It is posible to do this in matlab?

Thanks.

Daniel Daniel · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-15T18:36:32

Basically, the error message ask you to input a function handle (similar to function pointer in other languages). It's not necessary to convert it into something that matches a mathematical definition of a function (e.g. polynom):

f=@(xi)(interp1(x,y,xi,'spline'))

This can be evaluated at every xi.

Usage like every other function:

f(1)
f(1:3)

Intersection between curve from points and a line

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