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author Rik <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
date Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:39:44 -0800
parents 4295d634797d
children be41c30bcb44
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#include <octave/oct.h>

DEFUN_DLD (globaldemo, args, , "Global demo.")
{
  int nargin = args.length ();
  octave_value retval;

  if (nargin != 1)
    print_usage ();
  else
    {
      std::string s = args(0).string_value ();
      if (! error_state)
        {
          octave_value tmp = get_global_value (s, true);
          if (tmp.is_defined ())
            retval = tmp;
          else
            retval = "Global variable not found";

          set_global_value ("a", 42.0);
        }
    }
  return retval;
}