How to convert into function handle?

Hello guys,

I have a little problem with the convertion into function handle. I wrote the source-code below and would like to do the same but not in symbolic variables. I would like to use function handles. But the code doesn´t work.

Can anybody help me, please?

tfail = [3850,4340,4760,3300,3720,4080,2750,3100,3400];
n=length(tfail);

beta_hat =13.502152;
B_hat = 1861.328876;
C_hat=39.624407;

syms t B beta C
y(t) = (exp(-B/((heaviside(t)-heaviside(t-2000))*(330)+(heaviside(t-2000)-heaviside(t-3000))*(350)+...
    (heaviside(t-3000)-heaviside(t-5000))*(390))))/C; 

logL=0;

for i=1:n 
    tfail(i);
    %%function handle
    ynum=matlabFunction(y);
    Inum=@(x)integral(ynum,0,tfail(i));
    Rnum=@(x)exp(-(Fnum(x)).^beta);

      %%Symbolic
      I(i) = int(y(t),t,0,tfail(i));
      y_new(i)=subs(y,t,tfail(i));
      logL =logL+log((beta*y_new(i)*(I(i))^(beta-1))*exp(-((I(i))^beta)));
  end

%%Symbolic
p = int(y(t),t,0,4000);
u = beta*log(p);
u_hat=subs(u,{beta,B,C},{beta_hat,B_hat,C_hat})

[Jan]

And what should be converted to a functionhandle? What does "it does not work" mean explicitly? Do you get an error message or do the results differ from your expectations?

[Adam]

You should also post the attempt without using symbolic variables since it sounds like you have at least made an attempt at this to find that it doesn't work.

I'm probably not the only one who knows nothing about the Symbolic toolbox, but know enough about function handles to spot problems in code using them.