Re: How do get a return value from a subroutine into the workspace?

[Paul Kienzle]

On May 5, 2004, at 10:38 PM, Henry F. Mollet wrote:

> I'm running a main program (function) with a call to a subprogram 
> (another
> function) that I have modified (removing ";" after the call)  so that 
> the
> return value ,a matrix called "A", will get printed to the screen. How 
> do I
> get "A" into the workspace? I have to copy/paste "A" into an editor, 
> save it
> as "A", then load "A" into the workspace but there must be an 
> easier/better
> way to accomplish this?  The return values of the main program are in 
> the
> workspace after running the program and they are also printed to the 
> screen
> if I remove the ";" after the call at the octave prompt.

octave:1> function f, assignin('base','t',15); end
octave:2> f
octave:3> t
t = 15
octave:4> OCTAVE_VERSION
OCTAVE_VERSION = 2.1.55


For older versions of octave, you could also use global
variables, but be sure to declare them global in both
the workspace and in the function.

Paul Kienzle
address@hidden



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