nvolts is probably NxN matrix. If you want to use element-by-element multiplication (to get 1xN vector)
you need to use “.*” operator and they are both of the same orientation. Also if by “apply” you mean “filter time series volts by Hanning filter” you doing it wrong (see “help conv”).
octave:32> a=(1:3)'
a =
1
2
3
octave:33> b=ones(1,3)
b =
1 1 1
octave:34> a*b
ans =
1 1 1
2 2 2
3 3 3
octave:35> a.*b
ans =
1 1 1
2 2 2
3 3 3
octave:36> a.*b'
ans =
1
2
3
octave:37> a' .*b
ans =
1 2 3
octave:38> b * a
ans = 6
WRT plotting – this might be a separate issue. What OS and octave release are you using?
octave’s command “ver” gives some useful info.
It works for me on linux with octave 7.1 pre-release:
ctave:40> N=1e6;
hwin=hann(N);
octave:42> whos hwin
Variables visible from the current scope:
variables in scope: top scope
Attr Name Size Bytes Class
==== ==== ==== ===== =====
hwin 1000000x1 8000000 double
Total is 1000000 elements using 8000000 bytes
octave:43> volts = randn(1e6,1);
octave:44> plot(volts)
octave:45> nvolts=hwin .* volts ;
octave:46> hold on
octave:47> plot(nvolts)
octave:48> version
ans = 7.0.91
octave:49> ver
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GNU Octave Version: 7.0.91 (hg id: fc530ec01070)
GNU Octave License: GNU General Public License
Operating System: Linux 5.16.9-200.fc35.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Feb 11 16:29:17 UTC 2022 x86_64
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w.r.t to “applying the window” --this is done in the time domain. Thus, the samples are multiplied by the window coefficients in the time domain. It is not convolution in the time domain.