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3 % For copying conditions, see the file gpl.texi. |
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17 @format |
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18 START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY |
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19 * Octave: (octave). Interactive language for numerical computations. |
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20 END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY |
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21 @end format |
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22 @end ifinfo |
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49 @settitle GNU Octave |
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51 @ifinfo |
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52 |
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53 Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton. |
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55 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of |
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56 this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice |
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63 (this paragraph not being relevant to the printed manual). |
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66 Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of |
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67 this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that |
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68 the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of |
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69 a permission notice identical to this one. |
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71 Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this |
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72 manual into another language, under the above conditions for |
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74 @end ifinfo |
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75 |
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76 @titlepage |
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77 @title GNU Octave |
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78 @subtitle A high-level interactive language for numerical computations |
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79 @subtitle Edition 3 for Octave version @value{VERSION} |
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80 @subtitle February 1997 |
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81 @author John W. Eaton |
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82 @page |
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83 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll |
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84 Copyright @copyright{} 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton. |
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85 |
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86 This is the third edition of the Octave documentation, and is consistent |
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87 with version @value{VERSION} of Octave. |
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88 |
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89 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of |
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90 this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice |
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91 are preserved on all copies. |
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92 |
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93 Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this |
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94 manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire |
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95 resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission |
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96 notice identical to this one. |
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97 |
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98 Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual |
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99 into another language, under the same conditions as for modified versions. |
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100 |
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101 Portions of this document have been adapted from the @code{gawk}, |
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102 @code{readline}, @code{gcc}, and C library manuals, published by the Free |
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111 @top |
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112 |
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113 This manual documents how to run, install and port GNU Octave, as well |
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114 as its new features and incompatibilities, and how to report bugs. |
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115 It corresponds to GNU Octave version @value{VERSION}. |
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116 @end ifinfo |
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117 |
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118 @menu |
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119 * Preface:: |
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120 * Introduction:: A brief introduction to Octave. |
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121 * Getting Started:: |
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122 * Data Types:: |
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123 * Numeric Data Types:: |
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124 * Strings:: |
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125 * Data Structures:: |
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127 * I/O Streams:: |
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128 * Variables:: |
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129 * Expressions:: Expressions. |
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130 * Evaluation:: |
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131 * Statements:: Looping and program flow control. |
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132 * Functions and Scripts:: |
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133 * Error Handling:: |
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134 * Debugging:: |
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135 * Input and Output:: |
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136 * Plotting:: |
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137 * Matrix Manipulation:: |
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138 * Arithmetic:: |
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139 * Linear Algebra:: |
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140 * Nonlinear Equations:: |
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142 * Quadrature:: |
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143 * Differential Equations:: |
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144 * Optimization:: |
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145 * Statistics:: |
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147 * Sets:: |
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148 * Polynomial Manipulations:: |
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149 * Control Theory:: |
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150 * Signal Processing:: |
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151 * Image Processing:: |
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152 * Audio Processing:: |
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154 * System Utilities:: |
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155 * Tips:: |
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156 * Trouble:: If you have trouble installing Octave. |
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157 * Installation:: How to configure, compile and install Octave. |
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158 * Emacs:: |
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159 * Grammar:: |
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160 * Copying:: The GNU General Public License. |
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161 * Concept Index:: An item for each concept. |
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162 * Variable Index:: An item for each documented variable. |
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163 * Function Index:: An item for each documented function. |
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164 * Operator Index:: An item for each documented operator. |
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165 |
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166 @detailmenu |
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167 --- The Detailed Node Listing --- |
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168 |
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169 Preface |
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170 |
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171 * Acknowledgements:: |
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172 * How You Can Contribute to Octave:: |
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173 * Distribution:: |
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174 |
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175 A Brief Introduction to Octave |
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176 |
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177 * Running Octave:: |
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178 * Simple Examples:: |
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179 * Conventions:: |
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180 |
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181 Conventions |
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182 |
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183 * Fonts:: |
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184 * Evaluation Notation:: |
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185 * Printing Notation:: |
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186 * Error Messages:: |
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187 * Format of Descriptions:: |
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188 |
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189 Format of Descriptions |
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190 |
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191 * A Sample Function Description:: |
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192 * A Sample Command Description:: |
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193 * A Sample Variable Description:: |
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194 |
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195 Getting Started |
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196 |
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197 * Invoking Octave:: |
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198 * Quitting Octave:: |
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199 * Getting Help:: |
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200 * Command Line Editing:: |
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201 * Errors:: |
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202 * Executable Octave Programs:: |
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203 * Comments:: |
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204 |
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205 Invoking Octave |
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206 |
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207 * Command Line Options:: |
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208 * Startup Files:: |
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209 |
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210 Command Line Editing |
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211 |
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212 * Cursor Motion:: |
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213 * Killing and Yanking:: |
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214 * Commands For Text:: |
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215 * Commands For Completion:: |
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216 * Commands For History:: |
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217 * Customizing readline:: |
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218 * Customizing the Prompt:: |
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219 * Diary and Echo Commands:: |
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220 |
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221 Data Types |
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222 |
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223 * Built-in Data Types:: |
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224 * User-defined Data Types:: |
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225 * Object Sizes:: |
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226 |
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227 Built-in Data Types |
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228 |
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229 * Numeric Objects:: |
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230 * String Objects:: |
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231 * Data Structure Objects:: |
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232 |
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233 Numeric Data Types |
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234 |
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235 * Matrices:: |
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236 * Ranges:: |
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237 * Logical Values:: |
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238 * Predicates for Numeric Objects:: |
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240 Matrices |
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241 |
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242 * Empty Matrices:: |
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243 |
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244 Strings |
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245 |
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246 * Creating Strings:: |
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247 * Searching and Replacing:: |
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248 * String Conversions:: |
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249 * Character Class Functions:: |
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250 |
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251 Containers |
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252 |
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253 * Lists:: |
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254 * Cell Arrays:: |
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255 |
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256 Variables |
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257 |
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258 * Global Variables:: |
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259 * Status of Variables:: |
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260 * Summary of Built-in Variables:: |
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261 * Defaults from the Environment:: |
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262 |
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263 Expressions |
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264 |
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265 * Index Expressions:: |
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266 * Calling Functions:: |
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267 * Arithmetic Ops:: |
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268 * Comparison Ops:: |
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269 * Boolean Expressions:: |
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270 * Assignment Ops:: |
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271 * Increment Ops:: |
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272 * Operator Precedence:: |
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274 Calling Functions |
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275 |
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276 * Call by Value:: |
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277 * Recursion:: |
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279 Boolean Expressions |
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280 |
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281 * Element-by-element Boolean Operators:: |
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282 * Short-circuit Boolean Operators:: |
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283 |
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284 Statements |
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285 |
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286 * The if Statement:: |
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287 * The switch Statement:: |
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291 * The break Statement:: |
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292 * The continue Statement:: |
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293 * The unwind_protect Statement:: |
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294 * The try Statement:: |
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295 * Continuation Lines:: |
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296 |
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297 The @code{for} Statement |
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298 |
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299 * Looping Over Structure Elements:: |
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301 Functions and Script Files |
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302 |
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303 * Defining Functions:: |
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304 * Multiple Return Values:: |
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305 * Variable-length Argument Lists:: |
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306 * Variable-length Return Lists:: |
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307 * Returning From a Function:: |
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308 * Function Files:: |
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309 * Script Files:: |
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310 * Dynamically Linked Functions:: |
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318 |
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319 * Basic Input and Output:: |
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320 * C-Style I/O Functions:: |
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322 Basic Input and Output |
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323 |
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324 * Terminal Output:: |
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325 * Terminal Input:: |
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326 * Simple File I/O:: |
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329 |
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330 * Opening and Closing Files:: |
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331 * Simple Output:: |
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332 * Line-Oriented Input:: |
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333 * Formatted Output:: |
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334 * Output Conversion for Matrices:: |
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335 * Output Conversion Syntax:: |
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336 * Table of Output Conversions:: |
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337 * Integer Conversions:: |
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338 * Floating-Point Conversions:: Other Output Conversions:: |
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339 * Other Output Conversions:: |
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340 * Formatted Input:: |
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341 * Input Conversion Syntax:: |
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342 * Table of Input Conversions:: |
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343 * Numeric Input Conversions:: |
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344 * String Input Conversions:: |
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345 * Binary I/O:: |
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346 * Temporary Files:: |
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347 * EOF and Errors:: |
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348 * File Positioning:: |
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350 Plotting |
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351 |
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352 * Two-Dimensional Plotting:: |
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353 * Specialized Two-Dimensional Plots:: |
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354 * Three-Dimensional Plotting:: |
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355 * Plot Annotations:: |
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356 * Multiple Plots on One Page:: |
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357 * Multiple Plot Windows:: |
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358 * Interaction with gnuplot:: |
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359 |
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360 Matrix Manipulation |
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361 |
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362 * Finding Elements and Checking Conditions:: |
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363 * Rearranging Matrices:: |
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364 * Special Utility Matrices:: |
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365 * Famous Matrices:: |
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366 |
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367 Arithmetic |
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368 |
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369 * Utility Functions:: |
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370 * Complex Arithmetic:: |
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371 * Trigonometry:: |
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372 * Sums and Products:: |
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373 * Special Functions:: |
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374 * Mathematical Constants:: |
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375 |
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376 Linear Algebra |
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377 |
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378 * Basic Matrix Functions:: |
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379 * Matrix Factorizations:: |
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380 * Functions of a Matrix:: |
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383 |
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384 * Basics:: |
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385 * Graph Theory:: |
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386 * Sparse Linear Algebra:: |
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387 * Iterative Techniques:: |
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388 * Oct-Files:: |
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389 * License:: |
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390 * Function Reference:: |
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391 |
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393 |
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394 * Functions of One Variable:: |
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395 * Orthogonal Collocation:: |
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396 |
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397 Differential Equations |
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398 |
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399 * Ordinary Differential Equations:: |
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400 * Differential-Algebraic Equations:: |
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401 |
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402 Optimization |
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403 |
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404 * Quadratic Programming:: |
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405 * Nonlinear Programming:: |
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406 * Linear Least Squares:: |
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407 |
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408 Statistics |
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409 |
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410 * Basic Statistical Functions:: |
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413 * Distributions:: |
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414 |
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415 Control Theory |
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416 |
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417 * sysstruct:: |
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418 * sysinterface:: |
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419 * sysdisp:: |
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420 * blockdiag:: |
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421 * numerical:: |
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422 * sysprop:: |
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423 * systime:: |
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424 * sysfreq:: |
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425 * cacsd:: |
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426 * misc:: |
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427 |
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428 System Data Structure |
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429 |
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430 * sysstructvars:: |
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431 * sysstructtf:: |
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432 * sysstructzp:: |
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433 * sysstructss:: |
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434 |
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435 System Construction and Interface Functions |
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436 |
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437 * fir2sys:: |
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438 * ss2sys:: |
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439 * tf2sys:: |
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440 * zp2sys:: |
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441 * structaccess:: |
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442 * structintern:: |
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443 |
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444 System Utilities |
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445 |
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446 * Timing Utilities:: |
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447 * Filesystem Utilities:: |
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448 * Controlling Subprocesses:: |
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449 * Process ID Information:: |
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450 * Environment Variables:: |
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451 * Current Working Directory:: |
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452 * Password Database Functions:: |
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453 * Group Database Functions:: |
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454 * System Information:: |
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455 |
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456 Tips and Standards |
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457 |
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458 * Style Tips:: Writing clean and robust programs. |
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459 * Coding Tips:: Making code run faster. |
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460 * Documentation Tips:: Writing readable documentation strings. |
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461 * Comment Tips:: Conventions for writing comments. |
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462 * Function Headers:: Standard headers for functions. |
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463 |
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464 Known Causes of Trouble with Octave |
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465 |
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466 * Actual Bugs:: Bugs we will fix later. |
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467 * Reporting Bugs:: |
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468 * Bug Criteria:: |
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469 * Bug Lists:: |
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470 * Bug Reporting:: |
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471 * Sending Patches:: |
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472 * Service:: |
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473 |
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474 Reporting Bugs |
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475 |
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476 * Bug Criteria:: |
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477 * Where: Bug Lists. Where to send your bug report. |
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478 * Reporting: Bug Reporting. How to report a bug effectively. |
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479 * Patches: Sending Patches. How to send a patch for Octave. |
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480 |
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481 Installing Octave |
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482 |
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483 * Installation Problems:: |
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484 |
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485 Emacs Octave Support |
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486 |
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487 * Installing EOS:: |
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488 * Using Octave Mode:: |
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489 * Running Octave From Within Emacs:: |
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490 * Using the Emacs Info Reader for Octave:: |
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491 |
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492 Grammar |
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493 |
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494 * Keywords:: |
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495 |
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496 @end detailmenu |
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497 @end menu |
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498 |
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499 @include preface.texi |
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500 @include intro.texi |
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501 @include basics.texi |
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502 @include data.texi |
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503 @include numbers.texi |
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504 @include strings.texi |
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507 @include stream.texi |
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509 @include expr.texi |
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510 @include eval.texi |
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511 @include stmt.texi |
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512 @include func.texi |
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513 @include errors.texi |
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516 @include plot.texi |
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517 @include matrix.texi |
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518 @include arith.texi |
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519 @include linalg.texi |
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520 @include nonlin.texi |
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523 @include diffeq.texi |
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524 @include optim.texi |
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527 @include set.texi |
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528 @include poly.texi |
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529 @include control.texi |
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530 @include signal.texi |
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531 @include image.texi |
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535 |
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538 @c |
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541 @c Appendices start here. Installation and bugs have to go before the |
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542 @c readline and Info appendices because we want to have separate indices |
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543 @c for them, and there appears to be no way to go back to the original |
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544 @c set of indices once a redirection has taken place. |
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545 |
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546 @include tips.texi |
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547 @include bugs.texi |
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548 @include install.texi |
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549 @include emacs.texi |
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550 @include grammar.texi |
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551 @include gpl.texi |
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552 |
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553 @include cp-idx.texi |
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554 @include vr-idx.texi |
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555 @include fn-idx.texi |
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556 @include op-idx.texi |
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557 |
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558 @bye |
