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Octave's rand function -- discrepancy between online documentation and f
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Paul Laub |
Subject: |
Octave's rand function -- discrepancy between online documentation and function |
Date: |
Tue, 28 Sep 2004 12:04:13 -0700 |
Dear all,
At the Octave command line when I invoke the rand function with
"state" as the first argument, I get an "unrecognized string argument"
error message. Yet, when I type "help rand", the documentation
displayed states that "state" is a valid first argument. The same
applies to the randn function as well. What is going on?
I am using Octave 2.1.42 on Windows 2000 Pentium machine. Recently, I
downloaded the precompiled, no-atlas installation package from
sourceforge.net. That file is octave-2.1.42-p6.exe.
A web search on this matter turned up this a similar question --
http://www.octave.org/octave-lists/archive/help-octave.2003/msg01336.html
As you can read, the answer offered to that question was "get
Octave-Forge". Well, didn't I do that? I must admit being confused
about the differences, if any, among Octave, Octave-Forge, Atlas, etc.
The FAQs I have found and read have not been much help in this matter.
I'd like to be sure I have the best program version installed for my
purposes and my hardware.
Can any one clear up these questions?
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Paul Laub
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