Re: function

[Maynard Wright]

This is correct.  The second paragraph of Section 11.7 of the printed copy of 
the "GNU Octave Manual" points out that a script file must not begin with the 
keyword "function."

If you add another line before "function" or rearrange the code so that the 
function is defined later in the code, but before it is called, you will be 
able to define the function in the script file.  Adding a line containing a 
single one and a semicolon ("1;") to the beginning of the file should 
suffice.

Regards,

Maynard Wright


On Saturday 08 November 2008 16:15, Ivan Sutoris wrote:
> Hi
>
> I've tried your example, and I think the problem is that your file
> starts with function definition, so Octave understands it as function,
> not script. You should either put function definition in one file and
> rest of commands in second file (and then run the second file), or put
> some commands before function definition.
>
> Regards
> Ivan Sutoris
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