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Re: Is return a keyword?
From: |
Muthiah Annamalai |
Subject: |
Re: Is return a keyword? |
Date: |
Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:19:12 -0500 |
Im sorry, I was confused with the iskeyword() and
type() functions. I actually used the prompt
help message from 'help return' and *assumed*
that it was a builtin. I did not use type().
Thanks for help.
-Muthu
On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 17:11 -0400, John W. Eaton wrote:
> On 28-Sep-2006, Muthiah Annamalai wrote:
>
> | Hello there,
> | I have a very basic question; Im not aware of the
> | status of 'return'. Is it a keyword or a function.
>
> In Octave, it's a keyword. See the file src/octave.gperf in the
> sources.
>
> | When I use type() I get the listing as 'builtin'.
>
> I don't understand. Exactly what are you doing with type? Here is
> what I see:
>
> octave:1> type return
> error: type: `return' undefined
>
> jwe