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This is Info file octave, produced by Makeinfo-1.64 from the input file octave.tex. START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY * Octave: (octave). Interactive language for numerical computations. END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton. Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all copies. Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission notice identical to this one. Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions. 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Constants. * INFO_FILE <1>: Getting Help. * INFO_FILE: Summary of Built-in Variables. * INFO_PROGRAM <1>: Getting Help. * INFO_PROGRAM: Summary of Built-in Variables. * j: Mathematical Constants. * LOADPATH <1>: Function Files. * LOADPATH: Summary of Built-in Variables. * max_recursion_depth: Summary of Built-in Variables. * nan: Mathematical Constants. * nargin: Defining Functions. * nargout: Multiple Return Values. * OCTAVE_EXEC_PATH: Defaults from the Environment. * OCTAVE_HISTFILE: Defaults from the Environment. * OCTAVE_HISTSIZE: Defaults from the Environment. * OCTAVE_HOME: Summary of Built-in Variables. * OCTAVE_INFO_FILE: Defaults from the Environment. * OCTAVE_INFO_PROGRAM: Defaults from the Environment. * OCTAVE_PATH: Defaults from the Environment. * OCTAVE_VERSION: System Information. * ok_to_lose_imaginary_part: Summary of Built-in Variables. * output_max_field_width <1>: Matrices. * output_max_field_width: Summary of Built-in Variables. * output_precision <1>: Matrices. * output_precision: Summary of Built-in Variables. * O_APPEND: Controlling Subprocesses. * O_ASYNC: Controlling Subprocesses. * O_NONBLOCK: Controlling Subprocesses. * O_RDONLY: Controlling Subprocesses. * O_RDWR: Controlling Subprocesses. * O_SYNC: Controlling Subprocesses. * O_WRONLY: Controlling Subprocesses. * PAGER <1>: Input and Output. * PAGER: Summary of Built-in Variables. * page_output_immediately: Input and Output. * page_screen_output <1>: Input and Output. * page_screen_output: Summary of Built-in Variables. * pi: Mathematical Constants. * prefer_column_vectors <1>: Summary of Built-in Variables. * prefer_column_vectors: Index Expressions. * prefer_zero_one_indexing: Index Expressions. * print_answer_id_name <1>: Summary of Built-in Variables. * print_answer_id_name: Terminal Output. * print_empty_dimensions <1>: Empty Matrices. * print_empty_dimensions: Summary of Built-in Variables. * program_invocation_name: Command Line Options. * program_name: Command Line Options. * propagate_empty_matrices: Empty Matrices. * PS1 <1>: Customizing the Prompt. * PS1: Summary of Built-in Variables. * PS2 <1>: Customizing the Prompt. * PS2: Summary of Built-in Variables. * PS4 <1>: Summary of Built-in Variables. * PS4: Customizing the Prompt. * realmax: Mathematical Constants. * realmin: Mathematical Constants. * resize_on_range_error <1>: Index Expressions. * resize_on_range_error: Summary of Built-in Variables. * return: Returning From a Function. * return_last_computed_value <1>: Returning From a Function. * return_last_computed_value: Summary of Built-in Variables. * save_precision <1>: Simple File I/O. * save_precision: Summary of Built-in Variables. * saving_history <1>: Summary of Built-in Variables. * saving_history: Commands For History. * SEEK_CUR: File Positioning. * SEEK_END: File Positioning. * SEEK_SET: File Positioning. * silent_functions <1>: Defining Functions. * silent_functions: Summary of Built-in Variables. * split_long_rows <1>: Matrices. * split_long_rows: Summary of Built-in Variables. * stderr: C-Style I/O Functions. * stdin: C-Style I/O Functions. * stdout: C-Style I/O Functions. * string_fill_char: Creating Strings. * struct_levels_to_print <1>: Data Structures. * struct_levels_to_print: Summary of Built-in Variables. * suppress_verbose_help_message <1>: Summary of Built-in Variables. * suppress_verbose_help_message: Getting Help. * treat_neg_dim_as_zero <1>: Special Utility Matrices. * treat_neg_dim_as_zero: Summary of Built-in Variables. * warn_assign_as_truth_value <1>: Summary of Built-in Variables. * warn_assign_as_truth_value: The if Statement. * warn_comma_in_global_decl <1>: Summary of Built-in Variables. * warn_comma_in_global_decl: Global Variables. * warn_divide_by_zero <1>: Arithmetic Ops. * warn_divide_by_zero: Summary of Built-in Variables. * warn_function_name_clash <1>: Summary of Built-in Variables. * warn_function_name_clash: Function Files. * warn_missing_semicolon: Defining Functions. * warn_reload_forces_clear <1>: Dynamically Linked Functions. * warn_reload_forces_clear: Summary of Built-in Variables. * warn_variable_switch_label <1>: The switch Statement. * warn_variable_switch_label: Summary of Built-in Variables. * whitespace_in_literal_matrix <1>: Matrices. * whitespace_in_literal_matrix: Summary of Built-in Variables.