Re: doubt in char

[Quentin Spencer]

Robert A. Macy wrote:

> Makes sense, but
>
>  
>
> > > which char.m
> > >      
>
> returns the same file I sent the copy of.  
>
> I didn't find a different one.
>  
but "which char" (without the .m) on my version of Octave returns:
char is a built-in function

> Just curious...which filename is not as intuitive as where
> filename.  Is this a carry over from Matlab compatibility?
>  

Yes, but Matlab got its "which" command from Unix. The which command is 
still a commonly used command on Unix and Linux systems now, so I 
suspect that since Octave was developed on those systems, it would have 
probably ended up with the same command even had it developed in a world 
without Matlab. True, the command is less intuitive than "where"--maybe 
there are historical Unix reasons for it.

-Quentin



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