Differentiating within a for loop

So i have the following equation, i have to differentiate 3 times using a for loop:

let y =ae^bx sin(cx)

Ive followed a booklet guide i was given and the outputs i have look wrong, theres 2 attemps (images) below, does anyone know where im going wrong

for both images the following has been Initialised

Attempt 1

a = 5, b = 2, c = 4, d = 3 
syms x

for y=1:1:3, diff (a*exp(b*x))*sin(c*x),end
 
ans =
 
10*sin(4*x)*exp(2*x)
 
 
ans =
 
10*sin(4*x)*exp(2*x)
 
 
ans =
 
10*sin(4*x)*exp(2*x)

Attempt 2

for y=1:1:3, diff a*exp(b*x)*sin(c*x),end

ans =

  Columns 1 through 14

   -55    59    19    -8   -72    58   -56    78   -79     1    73   -10     5   -70

  Columns 15 through 18

    59   -57    78   -79


ans =

  Columns 1 through 14

   -55    59    19    -8   -72    58   -56    78   -79     1    73   -10     5   -70

  Columns 15 through 18

    59   -57    78   -79


ans =

  Columns 1 through 14

   -55    59    19    -8   -72    58   -56    78   -79     1    73   -10     5   -70

  Columns 15 through 18

    59   -57    78   -79

[darova]

You didn't declare a,b,c,x as symbolic

syms a b c x

[James Tursa]

Please post code as text, not as images. We can't copy and run images ...

[Ryan]

sorry i just changed it

[Rik]

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Answer 1

[James Tursa]

I assume by "three times" what was meant was diffferentiate the results iteratively three times, not differentiate the original three times ... what would be the point in that? E.g.,

df{1} = a * exp(b*x) * sin(c*x);
df{2} = diff(df{1});
df{3} = diff(df{2});
df{4} = diff(df{3});

Then put the last three lines in a loop.

[Ryan]

the question states "Differentiate your equation 3 times in a row using a for loop"

[James Tursa]

Yeah, and I left that little part for you to do. Do you know how to turn those last three lines into a for loop?

Or, if you don't care about the intermediate results, just overwrite f three times. E.g.,

f = your symbolic expression
f = diff(f); % <-- put this line inside a loop

[Ryan]

I'm really new to this, I'm sorry

i tried the following and got an error in line 1

df{1} = a * exp(b*x) * sin(c*x);
n=3
for df=1:n
df{2} = diff(df{1});
df{3} = diff(df{2});
df{4} = diff(df{3});
end

sprintf ("the first Differentiation is %d", df{1})
sprintf ("the second Differentiation is %d", df{2})
sprintf ("the third Differentiation is %d", df{3})

[James Tursa]

What error message did you get? Did you include all of the symbolic stuff for x and the a, b, c up front in your code?

You shouldn't use df for both the index variable name and at the same time use it for your derivatives. That's trying to use the same name for two different things, right?

A loop would look like this, where k is the index variable name

for k=2:n
    df{k} = diff(df{k-1});
end