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rodrigo.garcia Rodrigo
rodrigo.garcia Rodrigo

Reputation: 81

ERROR: MethodError: no method matching zero(::Type{Any})

I am very new to Julia. I am trying to solve a system of nonlinear equations to find a vector (p_new). Below a simplified version of my problem. The issue is that I get this message: "ERROR: MethodError: no method matching zero(::, Type{Any})". I am not sure whether it is because the initial conditions are not well defined. Thanks in advance!

p_1 = [ 1, 2, 2.3]
p_1b = [ 1, 2.2, 2.5]
mgc = [1, 1, 0.5]
theta = 0.8
OW1 = [0 1 0; 1 1 1; 0 0 1]
g = ones(3,1)
function pupdate!(p_1,mgc,theta,OW1)
    delt = p_1.*theta
    delt = 2.718281828459.^delt
    Sp1 = sum(delt)
    sp1 = delt./Sp1
    markup = p_1 .- mgc 
    sp1 .= markup
end
g0 = [p_1b, mgc, theta, OW1]
p_new = nlsolve(pupdate!, g0)

Upvotes: 5

Views: 3281

Answers (1)

KeithWM
KeithWM

Reputation: 1345

I ran into the same error, and the problem was that my vector representation of the state was incorrect. In your case I encounter a similar situation.

julia> g0 = [p_1b, mgc, theta, OW1]
4-element Vector{Any}:
  [1.0, 2.2, 2.5]
  [1.0, 1.0, 0.5]
 0.8
  [0 1 0; 1 1 1; 0 0 1]

The fix is quite easy:

julia > g0 = p_1b; mgc; theta; OW1[:]]

which return a vector.

It also took me some time to get used to Julia's use of ,, ; and , but once you do, it's quite good.

FWIW: I would suggest embracing Julia's multiple dispatch and not creating functions pupdate! and gupdate! but just one function update! with two methods.

Upvotes: 0

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