Re: Matlab .p files

[Manuel Mendez]

Alright then thanks for the quick response, I guess I'll continue to check the code and try the .p on a friends comp

On 9/27/07, Thomas Treichl < address@hidden> wrote:

Manuel Mendez schrieb:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am taking a "Matlab for engineers" class and I have been using Octave
> instead so for with great results. Thanks for the good work.
>
> The only time I have to go into Matlab ( a friends comp or library) is
> when the Professor gives us a .p file so that we can test our functions.
> Now I just check the code as a script, but still I like to use what the
> T.A.'s will be using.
>
> So to finally get to the point. When I type hw5_pretest at the Octave
> prompt I get
> "error: `hw5_pretest' undefined near line 3 column 1"
>
> Does Octave support .p files?
>
> Thanks
> Manny

No, *.p are precompiled *.m files (compiled with a command called 'pcode' in
Matlab) and Octave doesn't have such a compiler.

   Thomas