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7 GNU Octave strives to be among the very best numerical tools available. |
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8 While compatibility with Matlab is one of many strong features of Octave, |
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9 we have not achieved 100% compatibility. |
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10 If you are reading this page, it is most likely because you attempted to |
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11 use a function that is part of core Matlab, but has yet to be implemented |
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12 in Octave. |
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14 There can be several reasons for the given function not to exist in Octave: |
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16 - The function may exist in [Octave-Forge][1], but has not yet been adopted |
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17 as a part of the core Octave distribution. You can try to look for your |
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18 function in the [alphabetical list of functions][2] at the Octave-Forge |
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19 web site to see if it is available in some package. |
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21 - The function may be new to Matlab. It is possible that the Octave |
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22 community simply does not know it exists. Should this be the case, |
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23 feel free to open a feature request in the [Octave bug tracker][3]. |
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25 The Octave community consists of volunteers working in their spare time. |
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26 As a result, development might sometimes not be fast enough for your needs. |
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27 If you have a feature request for Octave, the best way to ensure that your |
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28 suggested improvement gets incorporated is either to implement the feature |
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29 yourself or to pay somebody to do it for you. |
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30 If you are interested in funding work on Octave, please check out |
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31 the [resources for developers][4]. |
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33 [1]: http://octave.sourceforge.net |
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34 [2]: http://octave.sourceforge.net/functions_by_alpha.php |
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35 [3]: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=octave |
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36 [4]: {{ "get-involved.html" | relative_url }} |