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    • -

  • --braindead
  • --debug
  • --echo-commands
  • --exec-path path
  • --help
  • --info-file filename
  • --info-program program
  • --interactive
  • --no-init-file
  • --no-line-editing
  • --no-site-file
  • --norc
  • --path path
  • --quiet
  • --silent
  • --traditional
  • --verbose
  • --version
  • -?
  • -d
  • -f
  • -h
  • -i
  • -p path
  • -q
  • -V
  • -v
  • -x

    • .

  • ..., ...
  • ... continuation marker
  • .octaverc

    • \

  • \ continuation marker

    • a

  • acknowledgements
  • addition
  • and operator
  • answers, incorrect, answers, incorrect
  • any key
  • arguments in function call
  • arithmetic operators
  • assignment expressions
  • assignment operators

    • b

  • body of a loop
  • boolean expressions
  • boolean operators
  • break statement
  • bug criteria
  • bug report mailing lists
  • bugs
  • bugs, investigating
  • bugs, known
  • bugs, reporting, bugs, reporting
  • built-in data types
  • built-in function

    • c

  • case statement
  • catch
  • character strings, character strings
  • Cholesky factorization
  • clearing the screen
  • coding standards
  • command and ouput logs
  • command completion
  • command descriptions
  • command echoing
  • command history
  • command options
  • command-line editing
  • comments
  • comparison expressions
  • complex-conjugate transpose
  • continuation lines
  • continue statement
  • contributing to Octave
  • contributors
  • conversion specifications (printf)
  • conversion specifications (scanf)
  • copyright
  • core dump
  • customizing the prompt

    • d

  • DAE
  • data structures, data structures
  • data types
  • data types, built-in
  • data types, user-defined
  • decrement operator
  • defining functions
  • description format
  • diary of commands and output
  • Differential Equations
  • diffs, submitting
  • distribution of Octave
  • division
  • documentation notation
  • documenting Octave programs
  • dynamic linking

    • e

  • echoing executing commands
  • editing the command line
  • element-by-element evaluation
  • else statement
  • elseif statement
  • Emacs TAGS files
  • end statement
  • end_try_catch
  • end_unwind_protect
  • endfor statement
  • endfunction statement
  • endif statement
  • endswitch statement
  • endwhile statement
  • equality operator
  • equality, tests for
  • equations, nonlinear
  • erroneous messages
  • erroneous results, erroneous results
  • error message notation
  • error messages
  • error messages, incorrect
  • escape sequence notation
  • evaluation notation
  • executable scripts
  • execution speed
  • exiting octave, exiting octave
  • exponentiation
  • expression, range
  • expressions
  • expressions, assignment
  • expressions, boolean
  • expressions, comparison
  • expressions, logical

    • f

  • factorial function
  • fatal signal
  • flag character (printf)
  • flag character (scanf)
  • flying high and fast
  • fonts
  • for statement
  • Fordyce, A. P.
  • Frobenius norm
  • function descriptions
  • function file, function file
  • function statement
  • functions, user-defined
  • funding Octave development

    • g

  • getting a good job
  • global statement
  • global variables
  • grammar rules
  • graphics
  • greater than operator

    • h

  • header comments
  • help, on-line
  • help, where to find
  • Hermitian operator
  • Hessenberg decomposition
  • history
  • history of commands

    • i

  • if statement
  • improving Octave, improving Octave
  • incorrect error messages
  • incorrect output, incorrect output
  • incorrect results, incorrect results
  • increment operator
  • infinity norm
  • initialization
  • input conversions, for scanf
  • input history
  • installation trouble
  • installing Octave
  • introduction
  • invalid input

    • j

  • job hunting

    • k

  • keywords
  • known causes of trouble

    • l

  • language definition
  • less than operator
  • loadable function
  • logging commands and output
  • logical expressions
  • logical operators
  • loop
  • looping over structure elements
  • LP
  • LU decomposition
  • lvalue

    • m

  • mapping function
  • matching failure, in scanf
  • matrices
  • matrix multiplication
  • maximum field width (scanf)
  • messages, error
  • minimum field width (printf)
  • multiplication

    • n

  • negation
  • NLP
  • nonlinear equations
  • nonlinear programming
  • not operator
  • numeric constant, numeric constant
  • numeric value, numeric value

    • o

  • Octave command options
  • ODE
  • on-line help
  • operator precedence
  • operators, arithmetic
  • operators, assignment
  • operators, boolean
  • operators, decrement
  • operators, increment
  • operators, logical
  • operators, relational
  • optimization
  • options, Octave command
  • or operator
  • oregonator
  • otags
  • otherwise statement
  • output conversions, for printf

    • p

  • partial fraction expansion
  • patches, submitting
  • plotting
  • precision (printf)
  • printing notation
  • program, self contained
  • programs
  • prompt customization

    • q

  • QP
  • QR factorization
  • quadratic programming
  • quitting octave, quitting octave
  • quotient

    • r

  • range expressions
  • relational operators
  • reporting bugs, reporting bugs
  • results, incorrect, results, incorrect

    • s

  • Schur decomposition
  • script files
  • scripts
  • self contained programs
  • short-circuit evaluation
  • side effect
  • singular value decomposition
  • speedups
  • standards of coding style
  • startup
  • startup files
  • statements
  • strings, strings
  • structure elements, looping over
  • structures, structures
  • submitting diffs
  • submitting patches
  • subtraction
  • suggestions
  • switch statement

    • t

  • TAGS
  • tests for equality
  • tips
  • transpose
  • transpose, complex-conjugate
  • troubleshooting
  • try statement

    • u

  • unary minus
  • undefined behavior
  • undefined function value
  • unwind_protect statement
  • unwind_protect_cleanup
  • use of comments
  • user-defined data types
  • user-defined functions
  • user-defined variables

    • v

  • variable descriptions
  • Variable-length argument lists
  • Variable-length return lists
  • variables, global
  • variables, user-defined

    • w

  • warranty
  • while statement
  • wrong answers, wrong answers

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