Scilab

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abort — interrupt evaluation.

add_demo — Add an entry in the demos list

ans — answer

argn — Returns the number of input/output arguments in a function call

backslash (\) — left matrix division.

banner — show scilab banner (Windows)

boolean — Scilab Objects, boolean variables and operators & | ~

brackets — ([,]) left and right brackets

break — keyword to interrupt loops

case — keyword used in select

chdir — changes Scilab current directory — changes Scilab current directory

clear — kills variables

clearfun — remove primitive.

clearglobal — kills global variables

colon — (:) colon operator

comma — (,) column, instruction, argument separator

comments — comments

comp — scilab function compilation

comparison — comparison, relational operators

continue — keyword to pass control to the next iteration of a loop

debug — debugging level

delbpt — delete breakpoints

dispbpt — display breakpoints

do — language keyword for loops

dot — (.) symbol

edit — function editing

else — keyword in if-then-else

elseif — keyword in if-then-else

empty — ([]) empty matrix

end — end keyword

equal — (=) assignment , comparison, equal sign

errcatch — error trapping

errclear — error clearing

error — error messages

error_table — table of error messages

evstr — evaluation of expressions

exec — script file execution

exists — checks variable existence

exit — Ends the current Scilab session

external — Scilab Object, external function or routine

extraction — matrix and list entry extraction

for — language keyword for loops

format — number printing and display format

funcprot — switch scilab functions protection mode

funptr — coding of primitives ( wizard stuff )

getdebuginfo — get information about Scilab to debug

getmd5 — get md5 checksum

getmemory — returns free and total system memory

getmodules — returns list of modules installed in Scilab

getos — return Operating System name and version

getscilabmode — returns scilab mode

getshell — returns current command interpreter.

getvariablesonstack — get variable names on stack of scilab

getversion — get scilab and modules version information

global — Define global variable

gstacksize — set/get scilab global stack size

hat — (^) exponentiation

ieee — set floating point exception mode

if then else — conditional execution

insertion — partial variable assignation or modification — partial variable assignation

intppty — set interface argument passing properties

inv_coeff — build a polynomial matrix from its coefficients

iserror — error occurence test

isglobal — check if a variable is global

lasterror — get last recorded error message

left — ([) left bracket

less — (<) lower than comparison — (<) greater than comparison

librarieslist — get scilab libraries

libraryinfo — get macros and path of a scilab library

macr2lst — function to list conversion

macr2tree — function to tree conversion

matrices — Scilab object, matrices in Scilab

matrix — reshape a vector or a matrix to a different size matrix

mode — select a mode in exec file

mtlb_mode — switch Matlab like operations

names — scilab names syntax

newfun — add a name in the table of functions

null — delete an element in a list

parents — ( ) left and right parenthesis

pause — pause mode, invoke keyboard

percent — (%) special character

perl — Call Perl script using appropriate operating system executable

plus — (+) addition operator

poly — polynomial definition

power — power operation (^,.^)

predef — variable protection

pwd — print Scilab current directory — get Scilab current directory

quit — Terminates Scilab or decreases the pause level

quote — (') transpose operator, string delimiter

rational — Scilab objects, rational in Scilab

readgateway — get primitives list of a module

resume — return or resume execution and copy some local variables

return — return or resume execution and copy some local variables

sciargs — scilab command line arguments

scilab — Major unix script to execute Scilab and miscellaneous tools

select — select keyword

semicolon (;) — ending expression and row separator

setbpt — set breakpoints

sethomedirectory — Set Scilab home directory

slash — (/) right division and feed back

stacksize — set scilab stack size

star — (*) multiplication operator

startup — startup file

symbols — scilab operator names

testmatrix — generate some particular matrices

then — keyword in if-then-else

tilda — (~) logical not

try — beginning of try block in try-catch control instruction — beginning of catch block in try-catch control instruction

type — Returns the type of a variable

typename — associates a name to variable type

user — interfacing a Fortran or C routine

varn — symbolic variable of a polynomial

ver — Version information for Scilab

warning — warning messages

what — list the Scilab primitives

where — get current instruction calling tree

whereami — display current instruction calling tree

whereis — name of library containing a function

while — while keyword

who — listing of variables

who_user — listing of user's variables

whos — listing of variables in long form

with_atlas — Checks if Scilab has been built with Atlas Library

with_gtk — Checks if Scilab has been built with the "GIMP Toolkit" library

with_javasci — Checks if Scilab has been built with the java interface

with_macros_source — Checks if macros source are installed

with_module — Checks if a Scilab module is installed

with_pvm — Checks if Scilab has been built with the "Parallel Virtual Machine" interface

with_texmacs — Checks if Scilab has been called by texmacs

with_tk — Checks if Scilab has been built with TCL/TK