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Re: Newbie question saving "worksheet"
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A S Hodel |
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Re: Newbie question saving "worksheet" |
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Sat, 28 Dec 2002 12:52:23 -0600 |
on extensions: it's similar to Matlab as follows:
MATLAB: text script (m-file) *.m
Octave: same
MATLAB: compiled C code (or C++ or fortran): varies. On windows it's
*.dll, on Unixen its *.mexSomethingOrOther
Octave: *.oct
For both of these, to execute a script or function, one types in its
name at the Octave prompt:
for example, Main.m is executed by typing in
octave 1> Main
More complicated examples involving functions are also possible. Read
the manual for more information.
Maple is a symbolic computation tool. Octave is a numerical
computation tool, so you should expect some differences in function and
features.
On Saturday, December 28, 2002, at 11:53 AM, John B. Thoo wrote:
Hi. First, many thanks to Bill L. and jwe for their help with solving
lin sys and plotting yesterday; I feel I learnt a lot. (I have
another plotting question, but I'll ask that later.) This morning,
I'd like to ask about saving my work.
For example, in Maple one can save a "worksheet" that can be opened
later and executed. Is this possible in Octave? The manual speaks to
saving and loading on pp. 113ff and I tried "save -ascii
~/Desktop/test.oct", but the saved file doesn't appear to be what I
want. (BTW, what filename extension should I use when saving an
Octave file? As you can see, I used ".oct", but is there a more
appropriate one?)
My current workaround is to copy my commands from Octave into a text
editor to save them and to copy from the text editor into Octave to
reuse them, but is there a better way?
TIA.
---John.
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