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--- octave:octave [2008/08/06 15:54] – deva
+++ octave:octave [2009/03/29 13:52] – deva
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 =====Octave syntax and library overview=====
+====plotting====
+<code matlab>
+h = [1,2,3,4,5];
+plot(h);
+xlabel("some numbers");
+print("myfile.pdf", "-dpdf");
+</code>
+This code plots a a vector with a label on the x-axis, and exports it to a pdf file.
 ====function====
@@ Line 7: / Line 15: @@
 end;
 </code>
 ====strings====
 <code matlab>
-mystring = 'hello world';
+mystring = 'hello world'; % create string
-sizeof(mystring)
+sizeof(mystring) % get length of string
+mystrilyng2 = [ mystring, 'fisk']; % concatenate two strings
 </code>
+sizeof on works in octave. in matlab the length of a string cannot be obtained!
 ====string array====
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 sizeof(myarray) % get number of elements
 sizeof(myarray(1)) %get length of first string
+% Iterate strings in string array
+for str = myarray
+  disp(str)
+end
 </code>
 Note: Arrays are 1-based, not 0-based as they usually are in real programming languages.
+Note: sizeof is an octave-only function. size can be used to get the array size in matlab.
 ====if then else====