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+%ELU function
+x = -10:0.01:10;
+a = input('Enter the parameter');
+y = @(x) (a*(exp(x)-1)).*((x < 0)) + (x).*((x > 0)) ;
+fplot(y);
+xlabel('x');
+ylabel('y');
+grid on