Function Directory

[Abe]

Hey. Trying to use Octave as opposed to spending $ on Matlab. Got it up
and working on my mac, but was wondering if there was a comprehensive
listing somewhere of all the functions supported by Octave. Is it true
that arctan isn't a recognized function in Octave, or do I need to call
it differently (than >arctan(0.4), for example)?

[Abe]

Well, I found arctan is atan, but still wondering about a comprehensive
listing...
-Abe

Post by Abe
Hey. Trying to use Octave as opposed to spending $ on Matlab. Got it up
and working on my mac, but was wondering if there was a comprehensive
listing somewhere of all the functions supported by Octave. Is it true
that arctan isn't a recognized function in Octave, or do I need to call
it differently (than >arctan(0.4), for example)?

[rutiger]

Post by Abe
Well, I found arctan is atan, but still wondering about a comprehensive
listing...
-Abe

Post by Abe
Hey. Trying to use Octave as opposed to spending $ on Matlab. Got it up
and working on my mac, but was wondering if there was a comprehensive
listing somewhere of all the functions supported by Octave. Is it true
that arctan isn't a recognized function in Octave, or do I need to call
it differently (than >arctan(0.4), for example)?

I use version 2.9.9 and simply typing 'help' at the prompt lists all
the functions currently on the search path. If you are familiar with
MATLAB, then you should already know the name of most all functions.

[Pierre Asselin]

Post by Abe
Hey. Trying to use Octave as opposed to spending $ on Matlab. Got it up
and working on my mac, but was wondering if there was a comprehensive
listing somewhere of all the functions supported by Octave.

On my Linux box, a "help -i" at the octave prompt puts me in the GNU
info reader at the start of the Octave manual. "help -i some_keyword"
gives more specific help. I don't know if that works on a Mac,
but it might. The info reader takes some getting used to; space bar
to scroll down, "q" to exit.