Re: How to simplify 35/40?

[Csanyi Pal]

> On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 10:41 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote:                  
        
> > In Octave 2.1 I wish to simplify the expression 35/40 to 7/8.       
> > How can I do that? Thanks!

On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 06:55:14PM +1000, Geordie McBain wrote:
> You can do this with the function vpa from octave forge:
> 
> octave> vpa ("35/40")
> ans =
> 
> 7/8
 
But, using the function vpa I have the following error message:
octave2.1:43> vpa ("35/40")
error: `vpa' undefined near line 43 column 1

Why? 

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Regards,
Paul 
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