Re: inline functions

[Etienne Grossmann]

  Hello again,

On Sat, Aug 10, 2002 at 01:32:42PM +0000, Steffan Berridge wrote:
# 
# Hi,
# 
# I have just started using Octave, having used Matlab for a
# while.  In Matlab I have often used inline functions, they
# are very convenient for example when passing a function as
# an argument.
# 
# For example, the following is a function returning the
# square of the argument:
# 
# fun = inline('x^2','x');

  Try the attached m-file, called inline.m.

  Is that, or something alike, worthy of octave-forge?

  Cheers,

  Etienne
 
# One can then pass this function as an argument to another
# function:
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# x = foo(fun,...);
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# So my question is, is there an equivalent construction in
# Octave?  If not, what is the best way to pass functions as
# arguments?
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# Thanks,
# Steffan
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