From help-request at octave dot org Fri Sep 16 06:17:25 2005
Subject: Re: overriding builtin functions
From: Paul Kienzle <pkienzle at users dot sourceforge dot net>
To: Brian Blais <bblais at bryant dot edu>
Cc: help at octave dot org
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 07:16:01 -0400

You can use the following:

	dispatch('input','myinput','string')

You can call the builtin input using builtin('input',...)

- Paul

On Sep 16, 2005, at 6:23 AM, Brian Blais wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I seem to recall there was a way to override the builtin functions.  I 
> need to use a different "input" function (and can't change the code 
> which is calling "input").  Is there a way to do this?
>
> 			thanks,
>
> 				bb
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