Re: What should be the extension of octave files?

[Quentin Spencer]

kamaraju kusumanchi wrote:

> kamaraju kusumanchi wrote:
>
> > I have browsed through /usr/share/doc/octave2.9-doc/octave.pdf which 
> > is the octave manual shipped with debian unstable octave 2.9 packages.
> >
> > This manual seems to be written in Feb 1997. Have there been no 
> > changes done to octave since then? or was this document just not 
> > updated with the latest changes?
> >
> > In the case of the later, Is there any latest documentation available 
> > (except other than reading the source code)?
> >
> > thanks
> > raju
> Sorry I forgot to ask the actual question I started out with.
>
> What should be the extension of octave files when the octave programs 
> are not compatible with matlab? Should it always be .m or can it be 
> something else?
>
> For example, in matlab the function definitions look like
>
> function name
>  body
> end
>
> where as in octave the definitions look like
>
> function name
>  body
> endfunction
>
> which does not work in matlab.


You can still use the Matlab syntax in Octave. Octave still only 
recognizes .m as the file extension for script files and functions, so 
if you want your m files to be compatible with both environments, make 
sure you use the correct Matlab syntax. Yes, it is possible to create 
Matlab-incompatible m files that will run in Octave.

-Quentin



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