Re: Matlab .p files

[Thomas Treichl]

Manuel Mendez schrieb:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am taking a "Matlab for engineers" class and I have been using Octave 
> instead so for with great results. Thanks for the good work.
>
> The only time I have to go into Matlab ( a friends comp or library) is 
> when the Professor gives us a .p file so that we can test our functions. 
> Now I just check the code as a script, but still I like to use what the 
> T.A.'s will be using.
>
> So to finally get to the point. When I type hw5_pretest at the Octave 
> prompt I get
> "error: `hw5_pretest' undefined near line 3 column 1"
>
> Does Octave support .p files?
>
> Thanks
> Manny

No, *.p are precompiled *.m files (compiled with a command called 'pcode' in 
Matlab) and Octave doesn't have such a compiler.

  Thomas