Hi
Is the following example helpful for you?
A Octave snapshot
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octave-3.0.0.exe:4> cd D:\usr\Tatsu\program\Octave\ChemEng
octave-3.0.0.exe:5> pwd
ans = D:\usr\Tatsu\program\Octave\ChemEng
octave-3.0.0.exe:6> ls
Volume in drive D has no label.
Volume Serial Number is ACCF-78A8
Directory of D:\usr\Tatsu\program\Octave\ChemEng
[.] Ex6_3a.m GNU Octave 2.1.50.lnk
[..] Ex6_3ODE45.m octave-core
.octave_hist Ex6_6.m start_octave.sh
cygwinHere.lnk FucnEx6_6.m test.m
Ex3_1.m FuncEx4_4.m ????????.txt
Ex4_4.m FuncEx6_3.m
Ex6_3.m FuncEx6_3ODE45.m
Ex6_3.utf8.m FuncEx6_6rate.m
19 File(s) 20,417 bytes
2 Dir(s) 34,798,256,128 bytes free
octave-3.0.0.exe:7> Ex3_1
x =
246.286
28.571
154.857
17.143
11.429
61.571
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Ex3_1.m
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A=[0 0 0 0 1 1 ;
0 -1 0 1 1 0 ;
1 -0.1 -1 0 0 -1 ;
0.1 0 0 0 0 -0.4 ;
0 -0.85 0 0.75 1 0 ;
-0.6 0.085 0.7 0 0 0.6 ];
b=[73;
0 ;
27;
0 ;
0 ;
0 ];
x=A\b
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You edit the *.m files
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octave-3.0.0.exe:8> edit Ex3_1.m
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Regards
Tatsuro
--- "Michael J. McCann" <address@hidden> wrote:
> I have just installed Octave. I had been introduced to Matlab
> (R2007a) but can't use it now. Octave seems to be an alternative.
> Doing calculations at the command line is OK,
> BUT to be useful I need to store code and retrieve it on a project by
> project basis.
>
> I have never used UNIX etc so all references to its workings are
> meaningless. DOS commands no longer make sense and I can't get then
> to work in the command window anyway. Things like >CD .. etc produce
> no response.
>
> I can't see any instructions that allow me to save ".m" files where I
> can later get at them (e.g somewhere in "My Documents" ) nor a means
> to bring them back or use them again. The "path" instruction is no
> help as it doesn't yield any useable information. The working
> directory is referred to in the help files but not where it is nor
> how to select it. I need to be able to keep a collection of files for
> each project in its own folder (working directory I presume).
>
> I see no definitions of syntax or rules for functions or file
> naming. Am I to assume that I use a Matlab text? The editor allows me
> to save files anywhere in the Windows folder structure, but that
> bears no relation to the Octave files.
>
> Please can you point me to some help?
> Thanks,
> Mike.
>
> Dr Michael J. McCann, Date: 2008.02.08 03:26gmt
> BSc(Eng), DIC, PhD, CEng, FIEE.
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