On Dec 13, 2013, at 9:50 AM, jim@jpes.com wrote: > Is there a way to determine, using mathematical methods, if this step fun= ction occured in a given file without actually graphing the file and physic= ally looking at it? Numeric differentiation? There are assorted algorithms that will take more= than two points into account, IIRC. BillW --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .