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--- octave:octave [2008/08/06 15:45] – deva
+++ octave:octave [2008/08/06 15:54] – deva
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   retval = param1 + param2;
 end;
+</code>
+====strings====
+<code matlab>
+mystring = 'hello world';
+sizeof(mystring)
 </code>
 ====string array====
 <code matlab>
-myarray = { 'hello', 'world' };
+myemptyarray = {}; % create empty string array.
+myarray = { 'hello', 'world' }; % create array with two strings.
+myarray(1) % prints 'hello'
+myarray(3) = 'blah'; %inserts another string into the array.
+sizeof(myarray) % get number of elements
+sizeof(myarray(1)) %get length of first string
 </code>
+Note: Arrays are 1-based, not 0-based as they usually are in real programming languages.
 ====if then else====