Could n't access string functions

[Jayaprakash]

Hello List,

 I could n't access string functions like strcmp,
strcat from octave while I could access other
functions (non string) like fopen etc. 
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octave:41> help strcmp , 

help: sorry, `strcmp' is not documented

octave:41> strcmp("HJH","test")
error: `strcmp' undefined near line 43 column 1


I installed precompiled cygwin binary
(octave-2.1.49-2.tar.bz2)

I installed in home/myaccount/lib directory and not
not in /usr/bin. 


Is there anything I need to install additionally to
access string functions ? 

I greatly appreciate your help,


Thanks and regards,
Jayaprakash. 


                
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