Installing on Ubuntu Server
sudo apt-get install octave
Make files using the filetype example.m
Start octave repl using
octave
in the same directory as your .m files
octaves path determines what .m files are available and can be seen using path
from within the repl you can call the script using its filename without the filetype
> example
Rule of thumb:
Always use functions, never scripts!
% fname.m
function [y1, y2] = fname(x1, x2)
x1 + x2
end
Call from within repl using
> fname(1,2)
ans = 3
Scripts are just a collection of commands
% numGenerator.m
columns = 10000;
rows = 1;
bins = columns/100;
rng(now);
list = 100*rand(rows,columns);
Call from within repl using
> numGenerator