Re: load .m file have error, please help

[Doug Stewart]

Your problem is the wrong use of "load"
Load is for data  --- to load data form a file to a variable in octave.
to run a M file  named  test.m from octave  just type in test at the 
octave prompt.

Doug Stewart


address@hidden wrote:

>   for save time to type, I save simple program in .m file, it has no 
> wrong if I type in at octave's command line, but have a lot of mistake 
> if I load that from saved .m file
>  
> in 2.1.64  cygwin xp, please help
> eric
>  
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> octave:1> load nl2.m
> error: load: nl2.m: inconsistent number of columns near line 2
> error: load: unable to extract matrix size from file `nl2.m'
> octave:1> nl2.m
> warning: function name `f' does not agree with function file name 
> `/home/eric lin/nl2.m'
> error: `x' undefined near line 1 column 25
> error: evaluating binary operator `-' near line 1, column 24
> error: evaluating binary operator `^' near line 1, column 30
> error: evaluating binary operator `+' near line 1, column 32
> error: evaluating binary operator `-' near line 1, column 39
> error: evaluating assignment expression near line 1, column 19
> error: called from `nl2' in file `/home/eric lin/nl2.m'
> octave:1>
>  
> ------------------
> $ cat nl2.m
> function z=f(x)  z=[(12-x(1))^2+x(2)^2-15^2, (16+x(2))^2+x(1)^2-25^2];
>    endfunction
>  
> -----------------
>  




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