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This manual documents how to run, install and port GNU Octave, as well as its new features and incompatibilities, and how to report bugs. It corresponds to GNU Octave version 3.6.4.
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Preface
Introduction
Conventions
Format of Descriptions
Getting Started
Invoking Octave from the Command Line
Command Line Editing
Comments
Data Types
Built-in Data Types
Numeric Data Types
Matrices
Integer Data Types
Strings
Creating Strings
Data Containers
Structures
Cell Arrays
Comma Separated Lists
Variables
Expressions
Index Expressions
Calling Functions
Boolean Expressions
Evaluation
Statements
The switch
Statement
The for
Statement
Functions and Scripts
Function Files
Function Handles Inline Functions and Anonymous Functions
Errors and Warnings
Handling Errors
Handling Warnings
Debugging
Input and Output
Basic Input and Output
Terminal Output
Simple File I/O
C-Style I/O Functions
Plotting
High-Level Plotting
Two-Dimensional Plots
Three-Dimensional Plots
Graphics Data Structures
Graphics Object Properties
Advanced Plotting
Object Groups
Graphics Toolkits
Matrix Manipulation
Arithmetic
Linear Algebra
Vectorization and Faster Code Execution
Nonlinear Equations
Diagonal and Permutation Matrices
Basic Usage
Matrix Algebra
Function Support
Sparse Matrices
Basics
Operators and Functions
Numerical Integration
Differential Equations
Optimization
Statistics
Sets
Polynomial Manipulations
Interpolation
Geometry
Delaunay Triangulation
Image Processing
Object Oriented Programming
Indexing Objects
Overloading Objects
GUI Development
System Utilities
Networking Utilities
Packages
Creating Packages
Dynamically Linked Functions
Oct-Files
Sparse Matrices in Oct-Files
Mex-Files
Test and Demo Functions
Tips and Standards
Contributing Guidelines
Trouble
Reporting Bugs
Installation
Build Dependencies
Emacs Octave Support
Grammar and Parser