Error usin .* Too many output arguments. How to save three variables at the same time in a loop?

I need to do the following Clarke transform of a three-phase voltage signal, as follows:

I'm having the following problem:

this is the code:

clear all; close all; clc;
N = 32; a = 1;

arq = load ('MODELS.1');
    t = arq(:,1);
    Va1 = arq(:,2); Vb1 = arq(:,3); Vc1 = arq(:,4);    %tensoes BUS1
    Ia1 = arq(:,5); Ib1 = arq(:,6); Ic1 = arq(:,7);     %correntes BUS1
%     Va2 = arq(:,8); Vb2 = arq(:,9); Vc2 = arq(:,10);    %tensoes BUS2
%     Ia2 = arq(:,11); Ib2 = arq(:,12); Ic2 = arq(:,13);   %correbtes BUS2

disp('Sinal carregado')


Vbeta1=zeros(length(t),3);V01=Vbeta1;Valpha1=V01;


for a = 1:size(t,1)

[V01(a,1) V01(a,2) V01(a,3)] = [1 1 1;2 -1 -1;0 sqrt(3) -sqrt(3)].*[Va1(a);Vb1(a);Vc1(a)];
   
end

HOW CAN I SOLVE THIS??

[James Tursa]

What are the sizes of all the variables involved? You might be able to do this with some combination of matrix multiply and not need any loops.

[Igor]

The size are Va1 = [400001,1], the same for Vb1 and Vc1

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

Do not use separate variables with names Va, Vb, Vc, etc. The name MATLAB comes from "MATrix LABoratory". MATLAB is designed to work efficiently and simply with matrices. Your task is perfect for using matrices, rather than lots of separate variables. You should use matrices.

Do not use a loop. The operation you need is very simple matrix multiplication. Using a loop is much more complex.

Vin = rand(7,3); % much better in one matrix, i.e. arq(:,2:4)
M = [1,1,1;2,-1,-1;0,sqrt(3),sqrt(3)];
Vout = M*Vin.'/3

Vout = 3×7

0.3928 0.3785 0.4278 0.6874 0.2438 0.4356 0.3693 0.4709 0.0741 -0.1156 -0.3263 -0.2120 0.0251 0.4612 0.1817 0.3943 0.5607 0.9821 0.4039 0.4885 0.1601

Checking:

1/3 * M * [Vin(1,1);Vin(1,2);Vin(1,3)]

ans = 3×1

0.3928 0.4709 0.1817

[Igor]

Perfect!!

Answer 2

[the cyclist]

Given the image of the calculation you posted, I think you want matrix multiplication, not elementwise multiplication:

[V01(a,1) V01(a,2) V01(a,3)] = [1 1 1;2 -1 -1;0 sqrt(3) -sqrt(3)]*[Va1(a);Vb1(a);Vc1(a)]

instead of

[V01(a,1) V01(a,2) V01(a,3)] = [1 1 1;2 -1 -1;0 sqrt(3) -sqrt(3)].*[Va1(a);Vb1(a);Vc1(a)]

(Note the use of * instead of .*)

See this documentation for array vs matrix operations.

[Igor]

Even if the dimensions of Va1, Vb1 and Vc1 are [400001 1]?

[Stephen23]

"Even if the dimensions of Va1, Vb1 and Vc1 are [400001 1]?"

No.

This code contains exactly the same bug as your question, namely trying to return three outputs from an operation which only returns one output. Whether you use array or matrix multiplication makes no difference to that bug.