Re: How to determine if you are in octave or matlab

[David Bateman]

Eric Chassande-Mottin wrote:
>> function in = inoctave ()
>>   persistent inout = exist("OCTAVE_VERSION","builtin") != 0;
>>   in = inout;
>> endfunction
>
> to be compatible with Matlab (I tried with 7.2) as well, this has to
> be modified into
>
> function in = isoctave ()
>  persistent inout;
>
>  if isempty(inout),
>    inout = exist('OCTAVE_VERSION','builtin') ~= 0;
>  end;
>  in = inout;
>
> return;
Damn, yes.. The assignment in the persistent statement is an octave only
thing.. Missed that.. The form you have is the best way..

D.


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