Complex Number Representation in Matlab

[mcfetridges]

Hey Everyone,

I cannot seem to find an way in Matlab to convert a number which has a real and imaginary part in cartesian form into polar form and then express the polar representation on the output.

Ex.

Convert
z=0.1602932442+0.8277219859*j

Into

0.8431<79.04 deg (without using my calc.)

Thanks

 

[doodle]

Use abs(z) for the magnitude and angle(z) for the phase of z. Type "help abs" or "help angle" at the prompt for more help on these functions.

 

[tacman]

for reaching out and sharing your question about complex number representation in Matlab. Here is a possible solution to your problem:

To convert a complex number from cartesian form (a + bj) to polar form (r∠θ), you can use the function "cart2pol" in Matlab. This function takes in the real and imaginary parts of the complex number and returns the magnitude (r) and angle (θ) in radians.

In your case, you can do the following:

z = 0.1602932442 + 0.8277219859*j;
[r, theta] = cart2pol(real(z), imag(z));

The output will be r = 0.8431 and theta = 1.3787 radians. To convert the angle from radians to degrees, you can use the function "rad2deg" which will give you theta = 79.04 degrees.

Therefore, your converted complex number in polar form will be 0.8431∠79.04 degrees.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any further questions. Happy coding!