a and b constant

HI, im new to matlab and was wondering how would you input a command to help me solve an unknown constant in an equation.

I have a bunch of x,y points,The equation would be x= a*y+b

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

You say "The equation would be x= a*y+b" and this is the opposite to the way people usually do things, but it can be done. Just reverse x and y when you call polyfit(). Try this:

coefficients = polyfit(y, x, 1); % x as a function of y - note NOT the usual way people do things!
a = coefficients(1)
b = coefficients(2)

Answer 2

[Stephan]

% Only needed if x,y are not column vectors
x = reshape(x,[],1);
y = reshape(y,[],1);
% solve for a, b
x = [x, ones(numel(x),1)];
sol = y\x;
a = sol(1);
b = sol(2);