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+# Use Euler's method to integrate simple one variable ODE
+# Use program as template for more interesting models
+
+# Note: produces slightly different output compared with
+# example shown in class. Different values of b, dt, tlast
+
+using Winston
+
+a = 20
+b = 0.5
+c = 5
+
+dt = 0.2
+tlast = 20
+
+iterations = integer(round(tlast/dt))
+xall = zeros(Float64, (iterations, 1))
+
+x = c
+for i = 1:iterations
+ xall[i] = x
+ dxdt = a - b*x
+ x = x + dxdt*dt
+end
+
+time = dt*(0:iterations-1)'
+figure
+plot(time,xall)