From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Sat Dec 28 12:51:24 2002
Subject: Re: Newbie question saving "worksheet"
From: A S Hodel <a dot s dot hodel at eng dot auburn dot edu>
To: "John B. Thoo" <jb2 at ms dot yuba dot cc dot ca dot us>
Cc: help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu
Date: 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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