Functions and Script Files
Within a function, return the number of arguments passed to the
function.
Return the text defining N-th input to the function.
Query or set the internal variable that controls whether internal
output from a function is suppressed.
Within a function, return the number of values the caller expects to
receive.
If N is in the range NARGIN_MIN through NARGIN_MAX inclusive, return
the empty matrix.
Return an appropriate error message string (or structure) if the number
of outputs requested is invalid.
Return in REG the cell elements of PARAM up to the first string element
and in PROP all remaining elements beginning with the first string
element.
Copy the input parameters into the corresponding output parameters.
return_last_computed_value
Not implemented.
Return the name of the currently executing file.
Query or set the internal variable that controls whether Octave checks
the time stamp on files each time it looks up functions defined in
function files.
Add DIR1, .
Return a path constructed from DIR and all its subdiretories.
Remove DIR1, .
Save the current function search path to FILE.
Modify or display Octave's load path.
Return the default path for Octave.
Return the system-dependent character used to separate directories in a
path.
Reinitialize Octave's load path directory cache.
Return the absolute name of FILE if it can be found in the list of
directories specified by `path'.
Restore Octave's path to it's initial state at startup.
Replace the function F with a dispatch so that function R is called
when F is called with the first argument of the named TYPE.
Call the base function F even if F is overloaded to some other function
for the given type signature.
Define FUNCTION to autoload from FILE.
Lock the current function into memory so that it can't be cleared.
Unlock the named function.
Return true if the named function is locked.
Parse and execute the contents of FILE.
Return a struct containing information about the function handle
FCN_HANDLE.
Return a string containing the name of the function referenced by the
function handle FCN_HANDLE.
Return a function handle constructed from the string FCN_NAME.
Create an inline function from the character string STR.
Return a cell array of character strings containing the names of the
arguments of the inline function FUN.
Return a character string representing the inline function FUN.
Create a vectorized version of the inline function FUN by replacing all
occurrences of `*', `/', etc.
Identifies the argument names in the function defined by a string.
Enter NAME into the list of commands.
Remove NAME from the list of commands.
Return true if NAME is a command style function.
Enter NAME into the list of raw input commands and to the list of
command style functions.
Remove NAME from the list of raw input commands.
Return true if NAME is a raw input command function.