Re: "load" as both command and function

[Robert A. Macy]

Hmm...never used it like that, but 

>> save -ascii "filename.txt" var1 var2 var3 mixed;

always puts the variables away in readable format, then

>> load -force "filename.txt";

always brings all of the variables back OVERWRITING the
variables already being used and creating ones that weren't
there.  

to make smaller file storage, I use

>> save "filename.bin" var1 var2 var3 mixed;

and bring that back with 

>> load -force "filename.bin";

note I never had to tell the load function which format the
file was stored in to bring back the variables stored in
the file.  

try the "load" without -force and watch what happens.  

                 - Robert -

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 22:30:11 -0600
 "Edward C. Jones" <address@hidden> wrote:
> I found the following paragraph from the documentation
> for "load" to be difficult to understand:
> 
>       If invoked with a single output argument, Octave
> returns data
>       instead of inserting variables in the symbol table.
> If the data
>       file contains only numbers (TAB- or space-delimited
> columns), a
>       matrix of values is returned.  Otherwise, "load"
> returns a
>       structure with members corresponding to the names
> of the variables
>       in the file.
> 
> A command cannot have an output argument. Only a function
> can. So we get:
> 
> something = list('a', 'b', 'c')
> save -ascii "something.asc" something
> somethingelse = load("-ascii", "something.asc")
> 
> An example in the documentation for "load" (and "save",
> ...) would be helpful. Where is the command <--> function
> relationship documented?
> 
> 
> 
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