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doc: Update refcard.tex content from Octave 3 to Octave 8 refcard.tex: Remove Readline material, expand Octave examples. The intended audience of this reference card is someone who already knows programming in a different language like Python and is referring to this refcard.ps / refcard.pdf for Octave syntax. It is not a comprehensive reference, but gives enough function names to be useful with help / doc. Intended length 2 pages.
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3 % This file is TeX source for a reference card describing Octave.
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7 % See the file COPYRIGHT.md in the top-level directory of this
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20 % GNU General Public License for more details.
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27 % Heavily modified by jwe from the source for the gdb reference card,
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28 % which was originally written by Roland Pesch <pesch@cygnus.com>.
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30 % Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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31 % Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
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32 % this reference provided the copyright notices and permission notices
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33 % are preserved on all copies.
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36 % TeX markup is a programming language; accordingly this file is source
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37 % for a program to generate a reference.
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40 % horizontal and vertical margin space measured from *paper edge*
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41 % and the interline and interspec spacing.
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42 % In order to support a new papersize, you have to fiddle with the
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43 % latter four dimensions. Just try out a few values.
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44 % All other values will be computed at process time so it should be
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45 % quite easy to support different paper sizes - only four values to
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46 % guess :-)
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48 % To find the configuration places, just search for the string
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49 % "User configuration".
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50 %
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51 % -- Andreas Vogel (av@ssw.de)
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53 % NOTE ON INTENTIONAL OMISSIONS: This reference card includes many
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54 % Octave commands, but due to space constraints there are some things
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55 % I chose to omit. In general, not all synonyms for commands are
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56 % covered, nor all variations of a command.
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65 % Declarations (these must come first)
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157 % %
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158 % END CONFIGURATION %
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159 % %
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162 % values to be computed based on above definitions.
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163 % nothing to configure
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167 \newdimen\dfnwid % width of definition column
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168 \newdimen\idnwid % width of indented text
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169 \newdimen\temp % only for temporary use
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171 % an alternate section format, used in some cases to make text fit better.
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176 % Subtract hmargin for left and right sides of paper from full width.
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177 %
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178 % fullhsize = totalwidth - (2 * hmargin)
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181 \temp=\hmargin
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182 \multiply \temp by 2
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183 \advance \fullhsize by -\temp
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185 % intercolumn space is composed of hmargin barwidth hmargin so that we
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186 % get the same amount of space on either side of the (optional) rule
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187 % between columns. For N columns, we need to subtract this amount of
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188 % space N-1 times. Divide by the number of columns to get the final
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189 % value of \hsize that we use to typeset columns.
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191 % hsize = (fullhsize - (ncols-1)*barwidth - 2*(ncols-1)*hmargin) / ncols
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194 \tmpcnt\columnsperpage
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195 \advance \tmpcnt by -1
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197 \hsize=\fullhsize
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199 \temp=\barwidth
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200 \multiply \temp by \tmpcnt
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201 \advance \hsize by -\temp
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203 \multiply \tmpcnt by 2
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206 \multiply \temp by \tmpcnt
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207 \advance \hsize by -\temp
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209 \divide \hsize by \columnsperpage
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211 % Vertical size is easy -- same amount of space above and below.
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212 %
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213 % vsize = totalheight - (2 * vmargin)
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215 \vsize=\totalheight
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216 \temp=\vmargin
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217 \multiply \temp by 2
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218 \advance \vsize by -\temp
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220 % adjust the offsets so the margins are measured *from paper edge*
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222 \hoffset=-1in \advance \hoffset by \hmargin
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223 \voffset=-1in \advance \voffset by \vmargin
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225 % Width of items in a section.
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229
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230 % width of the item
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231
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232 \temp=\hsize
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233 \advance \temp by -\intersecwidth
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234 \divide \temp by 3
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235 \itmwid=\temp
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236
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237 % width of the corresponding definition
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239 \dfnwid=\hsize
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240 \advance \dfnwid by -\itmwid
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241
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242 % indentation for sub items, etc.
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244 \temp=\hsize \advance\temp by -1em
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245 \idnwid=\temp
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247 % Width of items in an alt section.
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249 \altitmwid=\itmwid \advance \altitmwid by 0.35in
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250 \altdfnwid=\dfnwid \advance \altdfnwid by -0.35in
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252 % Output macros.
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253 %
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254 % Strategy:
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255 %
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256 % * set each column in a box
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257 % * append new columns in a global `holding' box, inserting
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258 % intercolumn decorations as necessary.
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259 % * when we fill a page, dump the saved box and the latest column,
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260 % separated by the intercolumn decoration.
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266 \output={\relax
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267 \global\advance\colno by 1
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268 \ifnum\colno=1
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269 \global\setbox\holdbox=\columnbox
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270 \else
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271 \ifnum\colno=\columnsperpage
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272 \shipout\hbox to \fullhsize{\box\holdbox\vdecor\columnbox}
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273 \advancepageno
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274 \global\colno=0
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275 \else
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276 \global\setbox\holdbox=\vbox{\hbox{\box\holdbox\vdecor\columnbox}}
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277 \fi
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278 \fi}
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280 \def\columnbox{\leftline{\pagebody}}
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282 \def\bye{\par\vfill
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284 \if R\lcr \null\vfill\eject \fi
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285 \end}
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287 % -----
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288 % Fonts
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289 % -----
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291 \font\bbf=cmbx10
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299 % We can afford to allow some slop
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314 \def\ctl#1{{\tt C-#1}}
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315 \def\opt#1{{\brm[{\rm #1}]}}
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316 \def\xtra#1{\noalign{\smallskip{\tt#1}}}
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318 % A normal section
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378 % The actual text of the reference card
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382 \centerline{\smrm Copyright 1996-2022 The Octave Project Developers\qquad Permissions on back}
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384 \sec Starting Octave;
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385 octave&start interactive Octave session\cr
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386 octave {\it file}&run Octave on commands in {\it file}\cr
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388 octave --help&describe command line options\cr
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389 \endsec
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391 \sec Stopping Octave;
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392 quit {\rm or} exit&exit Octave\cr
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393 Ctrl-C&terminate current command and return to top-level prompt\cr
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396 \sec Getting Help;
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397 help {\it command}&briefly describe {\it command}\cr
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404 TAB&complete a command or variable name\cr
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405 Alt-?&list possible completions\cr
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406 Ctrl-r, Ctrl-s&search command history\cr
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409 \sec Directory and Path Commands;
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411 pwd&print working directory\cr
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412 ls \opt{{\it options}}&print directory listing\cr
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414 what&list .m and .mat files in the current directory\cr
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415 path&display the current Octave function path.\cr
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416 pathdef&display the default path.\cr
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417 addpath ({\it dir})&add a directory to the path.\cr
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418 EXEC\_PATH&manipulate the Octave executable path.\cr
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422 pkg install -forge&download and install package\cr
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423 pkg install &install an already downloaded package\cr
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424 pkg list&display installed packages.\cr
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425 pkg load / pkg unload &Load and unload an installed package.\cr
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428 \sec Matrices;
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429 \omit\vbox{\rm\vskip0.25ex
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430 Square brackets delimit literal matrices. Commas separate elements
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437 [ {\it w}, {\it x}; {\it y}, {\it z} ]&enter a 2$\times$2 matrix\cr
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438 rows&number of rows of matrix\cr
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441 ones&create matrix of ones\cr
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444 rand randi randn&create matrix of random values\cr
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445 all&true if all elements nonzero\cr
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446 any&true if at least one element nonzero\cr
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447 nnz ({\it s})&Count nonzero elements of {\it s}.\cr
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448 sparse&create a sparse matrix\cr
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452 cat&concatenate variables along the specified dimension\cr
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453 reshape&change the shape of vector or matrix or array\cr
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455 ndims&number of dimensions\cr
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457 circshift&rotate the array elements\cr
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470 Integers saturate in Octave. They do not wrap around.
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471 \vskip0.75ex}\span\cr
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472 int8, int16, int32, int64&Signed integers\cr
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473 uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64&Unsigned integers\cr
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474 single double&32-bit / 64-bitIEEE floating point\cr
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475 intmin, intmax, flintmax&Integer limits of given type\cr
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476 realmax, realmin&Floating point limits of given type\cr
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477 Inf, NaN, NA&IEEE infinity, NaN, missing value\cr
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478 eps&machine precision\cr
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479 pi, e&3.14159..., 2.71828...\cr
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480 i, j&$\sqrt{-1}$\cr
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483 \sec Strings;
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488 \vskip0.75ex}\span\cr
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494 sprintf, sscanf&formatted IO to/from string\cr
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495 strcmp&compare strings\cr
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496 strcat&concatenate strings\cr
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497 strfind, regexp&strings matching substrings or regular expressions\cr
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498 strrep, regexprep&match and replace sub-strings\cr
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502 {\it var} ({\it idx})&select elements of a vector\cr
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503 {\it var} ({\it idx1}, {\it idx2})&select elements of a matrix\cr
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504 {\it var} ({\it [1 3]}, {\it :})&rows 1 and 3\cr
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505 {\it var} ({\it :}, {\it [2 end]})&the second and last columns\cr
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506 {\it var} ({\it 1:2:end}, {\it 2:2:end})&submatrix with odd rows and even columns\cr
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507 {\it var1} ({\it var2} == 0)&elements of {\it var1} corresponding to zero elements of {\it var2}\cr
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508 {\it var} ({:})&all elements as a column vector\cr
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515 {\it{var}}.{\it{field}} = ...&set a field of a structure.\cr
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516 {\it{var}}$\{${\it{idx}}$\}$ = ...&set an element of a cell array.\cr
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517 cellfun ({\it f}, {\it c})&apply a function to elements of cell array.\cr
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518 fieldnames ({\it s})&returns the fields of a structure.\cr
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522 {\it var} = {\it expr}&assign expression to variable\cr
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523 {\it var} ({\it idx}) = {\it expr}&assign expression to indexed variable\cr
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525 {\it var} $\{${\it idx}$\}$ = {\it expr}&assign elements of a cell array.\cr
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530 If two operands are of different sizes, scalars and singleton dimensions are automatically expanded. Non-singleton dimensions need to match.\vskip0.75ex}\span\cr
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531 {\it x} + {\it y}, {\it x} - {\it y}&addition, subtraction\cr
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535 {\tt (inverse~(y')~*~x')'}\cr
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536 {\it x} ./ {\it y}&element by element right division\cr
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537 {\it x} \char'134{} {\it y}&left division, conceptually equivalent to
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538 {\tt inverse~(x)~*~y}\cr
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539 {\it x} .\char'134{} {\it y}&element by element left division\cr
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540 {\it x} \char'136{} {\it y}&power operator\cr
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541 {\it x} .\char'136{} {\it y}&element by element power operator\cr
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542 +=, -=, *=, .*=, /=, ./=, \char'134{}=, .\char'134{}=, \char'136{}=, .\char'136{}=&in-place equivalents of the above operators\cr
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543 -{\it x}&negation\cr
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544 +{\it x}&unary plus (a no-op)\cr
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545 {\it x}'&complex conjugate transpose\cr
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546 {\it x}.'&transpose\cr
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547 ++{\it x}, --{\it x}&increment / decrement, return {\it new\/} value\cr
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548 {\it x}++, {\it x}--&increment / decrement, return {\it old\/} value\cr
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555 < <= == >= >&less than, less than or equal to, equal to, greater than or equal to, greater than\cr
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559 !=&not equal to\cr
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562 !&logical NOT\cr
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565 \sec Short-circuit Boolean Operators;
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585 :&colon\cr
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586 +\ \ -&addition and subtraction\cr
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587 * / \char'134\ \ .*\ \ ./\ \ .\char'134&multiplication and division\cr
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588 '\ \ .'&transpose\cr
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589 +\ \ -\ \ ++\ \ --\ \ !&unary minus, increment, logical ``not''\cr
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590 \char'136\ \ .\char'136&exponentiation\cr
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596 \vskip0.75ex}\span\cr
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607 until (x > 10) & do-until loop\cr
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609 if (x < 5)
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615 endif & if-then-else\cr
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617 break & exit innermost loop\cr
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621 return & return to calling function\cr
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624 % FIXME: insert underscore for unwind_protect / unwind_protect_cleanup without TeX choking.
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626 unwind protect & execute cleanup code always\cr
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628 try catch & execute cleanup code only if exception occurs\cr
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631 \widesec Functions;
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634 \quad{\it function-body}\cr
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635 endfunction\cr\cr
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636 {\rm {\it ret-list\/} may be a single identifier or a comma-separated
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643 @{\it{func}}& define a function handle to {\it func}.\cr
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644 @({\it var1}, ...) {\it expr}&define an anonymous function\cr
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645 str2func func2str&convert function to/from string\cr
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646 functions ({\it handle})&Return information about a function handle.\cr
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647 {\it handle} ({\it arg1}, ...)&Evaluate a function handle.\cr
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648 feval &Evaluate a function handle or string\cr
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649 \omit\vbox{\rm\vskip0.25ex
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650 Anonymous function handles take a copy of the variables in the
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651 current workspace.\vskip0.75ex}\span\cr
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656 persistent {\it var1} = ...&persistent / static variables\cr
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657 \omit\hfill\vbox{\rm\vskip0.25ex
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658 Global variables may be accessed inside the body of a function
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659 without having to be passed in the function parameter list provided
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660 they are declared global when used.}\span\cr
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664 disp&display value of variable\cr
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665 printf&formatted output to {\tt stdout}\cr
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666 input, scanf&input from {\tt stdin}\cr
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667 who, whos&list current variables\cr
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668 clear {\it pattern}&clear variables matching pattern\cr
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669 exist&check existence of variable or function\cr
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670 find&return indices of nonzero elements\cr
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671 sort&return a sorted array\cr
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672 sortrows&sort whole rows in numerical or lexicographic order\cr
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673 sum, prod&sum, product of elements\cr
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674 mod, rem&remainder functions\cr
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675 min, max, range, mean, median, mode, std, var&basic statistics functions\cr
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676 cov ({\it x}, {\it y})&covariance\cr
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677 corrcoef ({\it x}, {\it y})&correlation coefficient\cr
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680 \sec Error Handling;
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681 eval ({\it str})&evaluate {\it str} as a command\cr
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682 system ({\it cmd})&execute arbitrary shell command string\cr
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683 error ({\it message})&print message and return to top level\cr
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684 warning ({\it message})&print a warning message\cr
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687 \sec File I/O, Loading, Saving;
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688 fopen, fclose & open and close file\cr
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689 fprintf, fscanf, textscan&formatted file I/O\cr
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690 fgets, fread&read from file\cr
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691 fputs, fwrite&write to file\cr
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692 fflush&flush pending output\cr
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693 feof&true if end of file\cr
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696 save -binary &save variables in binary format (faster)\cr
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697 dlmread dlmwrite&read and write delimited data\cr
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698 csvread csvwrite&read and write CSV files\cr
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699 xlsread xlswrite&read and write XLS spreadsheets\cr
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703 det & determinant\cr
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704 eig &eigenvalues and eigenvectors\cr
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705 inv &matrix inverse\cr
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706 norm &vector norm, matrix norm\cr
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707 rank &matrix rank\cr
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708 qr &QR factorization\cr
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709 chol &Cholesky factorization\cr
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710 svd &singular value decomposition\cr
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713 \sec Equations, ODEs, DAEs, Quadrature;
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714 fsolve&solve nonlinear algebraic equations\cr
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715 lsode&integrate nonlinear ODEs\cr
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716 dassl&integrate nonlinear DAEs\cr
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717 quad&integrate nonlinear functions\cr
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721 setdiff&set difference\cr
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722 intersection&set intersection\cr
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728 fft, ifft({\it a})&FFT and inverse FFT\cr
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729 freqz &FIR filter frequency response\cr
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730 filter &filter by transfer function\cr
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731 conv, deconv &convolution, deconvolution\cr
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734 \sec Polynomials;
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735 conv, deconv & polynomial multiplication and division\cr
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736 poly &characteristic polynomial of a matrix\cr
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737 polyder polyint&polynomial derivative or integral\cr
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738 polyfit polyval& fit polynomial to data and evaluate it\cr
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739 roots &polynomial roots\cr
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740 residue &partial fraction expansion\cr
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744 colormap &set the current colormap\cr
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745 image, imagesc &display Octave image matrix, scaled\cr
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746 imread imwrite&load or save an image file\cr
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749 \sec Plotting Functions;
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750 plot plot3 &2D / 3D plot with linear axes\cr
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751 line &2D or 3D line\cr
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752 patch fill&2D patch, optionally colored\cr
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753 semilogx semilogy loglog&2D plot with logarithmic x-axis / y-axis / both axes\cr
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754 bar &bar charts\cr
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755 stairs &plot stairsteps\cr
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756 stem &plot a stem graph\cr
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757 hist &plot histogram\cr
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758 contour &contour plot\cr
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759 title &set plot title\cr
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760 axis &set axis ranges\cr
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761 xlabel ylabel zlabel &set axis labels\cr
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762 text &add text to a plot\cr
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763 legend &make a legend box\cr
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765 hold &set hold state\cr
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766 mesh trimesh surf &plot 3D surfaces\cr
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777 This card may be freely distributed under the terms of the GNU
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780 \TeX{} Macros for this card by Roland Pesch (pesch@cygnus.com),
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783 Octave itself is free software; you are welcome to distribute copies of
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786 }
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790 % For AUCTeX:
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