apropos
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Name

apropos — searches keywords in Scilab help

Calling Sequence

apropos(key)
apropos(regexp)

Parameters

key

character string. give the sequence of characters to be found

regexp

character string. give the regular expression to be found (only with "Scilab Browser")

Description

apropos(key) looks for Scilab help files containing keywords keyin their short description section.

apropos(regexp) looks for Scilab help files containing regular expression regexpin their short description section.

Examples

apropos('ode')
apropos ode 
apropos "list of"
apropos "sin.*hyperbolic"
apropos "^ab"  //search help beginning the two characters "ab"
apropos "quadratic.*solver"

See Also

help , man
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