Owning Palette: Gating Functions VIs
Requires: Full Development System
Generates the square function for any real number x.

  Add to the block diagram | 
  Find on the palette | 
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x is any real number. | 
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square(x) is the value of square(x) for the given value of x. | 
The following equation defines the square function.
square(x) = 1, if 2n 
 x < 2n + 1 and 0 elsewhere,
![]()  | Note You can define more complex functions by varying and combining the Step Function, Spike Function, and Square Function VIs, respectively. | 
The following illustration shows the graph for square(x) * square(x – 0.8) in the interval (–4.0, 4.0).
