Re: How do I just load (read) a file? (beginner's question)

[David Collett]

To: Miquel, Peter, Jeff, & Henry (and other list members):

Thanks VERY much for taking the time to help me!
Being a beginner at anything is tough, but it's great to know there  
are people like you willing to help.

I followed a combination of all your suggestions. I renamed the file  
with a '.m' extension, then I put it in my:

/sw/share/octave/site/m/    folder

(although I'm sure that's not the best place to keep my own files!)

I will follow Henry's advice and look at my LOADPATH file once I  
figure out what it all means! I assume by modifying this file I could  
then have octave look for my files anywhere I choose, right?

----

I have another beginner's question that I'll send in a separate email.

Thanks again to everyone for your help.

David Collett




On Jun 13, 2005, at 9:38 AM, Henry F. Mollet wrote:

> I have octave-forge on the desktop and below last item of LOADPATH  
> includes
> the path for octave to find m files in octave forge. There is also a
> DEFAULT_LOADPATH which must have been created when I installed  
> octave 2.1.46
> some time ago using Fink. When I use the function file 'path.m'  
> without an
> argument then my LOADPATH is displayed in an easy to read format.  
> However,
> the DEFAULT_LOADPATH are not included which I don't understand.  
> path.m can
> also be used to modify the LOADPATH but I don't know how it works  
> because
> the instructions don't give an example. I used .octaverc and a text  
> editor
> to enter what I needed.
> Henry
>
>
> octave:1> LOADPATH
> LOADPATH =
> ::/sw/bin:/sw/share/doc/octave/examples:/Users/mollet/CandO/epstk2:/ 
> Users/mo
> llet/Desktop/usr/local/share/octave/2.1.55/site/m/octave-forge//
>
> octave:2> DEFAULT_LOADPATH
> DEFAULT_LOADPATH =
> .:/sw/lib/octave/2.1.46/site/oct/powerpc-apple-darwin6.6//:/sw/lib/ 
> octave/si
> te/oct/powerpc-apple-darwin6.6//:/sw/share/octave/2.1.46/site/m//:/ 
> sw/share/
> octave/site/m//:/sw/lib/octave/2.1.46/oct/powerpc-apple- 
> darwin6.6//:/sw/shar
> e/octave/2.1.46/m//
>
> octave:3> path
> LOADPATH contains the following directories:
>   /sw/bin
>   /sw/share/doc/octave/examples
>   /Users/mollet/CandO/epstk2
>   /Users/mollet/Desktop/usr/local/share/octave/2.1.55/site/m/octave- 
> forge//
>
> [~] tcsh:13> cat .octaverc
> %% My octaverc
> LOADPATH = [LOADPATH,
> ":/sw/bin:/sw/share/doc/octave/examples:/Users/mollet/CandO/epstk2:/ 
> Users/mo
> llet/Desktop/usr/local/share/octave/2.1.55/site/m/octave-forge//"];
>
>
>
>
>
> on 6/13/05 1:44 AM, David Collett at address@hidden wrote:
>
>
> > Hi. I just installed Octave (on Mac OS X 10.4.1).
> >
> > I've started going through the manual and trying the various  
> > commands.
> >
> > The manual says that instead of typing functions, loops, assignments,
> > etc., we can instead type them first into a file, then just type the
> > name of the file from the command line.
> >
> > I tried type the name of my text file (named "logisticmap"), but I
> > got this response:
> >
> >     octave:1> logisticmap
> >     error: `logisticmap' undefined near line 1 column 1
> >
> > What am I doing wrong? I have this file on my Desktop.
> > Do I have to put it somewhere else?
> > Does it have to have an extension at the end of the filename?
> >
> > I've looked through the manual, but I can't find the answer.
> >
> > Thanks to anyone  who can get this beginner started!
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> >
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