Re: "size(foo)" vs "size foo" (octave-3.4.3)

[lukshuntim]

On 02/04/2012 12:10 AM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
> On 3 February 2012 11:03, Ismael Núñez-Riboni <address@hidden> wrote:
>> It seems that if you use "size" without the parenthesis it interpretes the
>> argument as a string...
> 
> This is true of *all* Octave functions.
> 
>     foo a b c d;
> 
> is *exactly the same* as
> 
>     foo("a", "b", "c", "d");
> 
> See here:
> 
>     http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/Commands.html
> 
> HTH,
> - Jordi G. H.

Is there any (help) command/function to show whether a name is a
function or a command?

Regards,
ST
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