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Could n't access string functions
From: |
John W. Eaton |
Subject: |
Could n't access string functions |
Date: |
Tue, 5 Sep 2006 21:39:53 -0400 |
On 5-Sep-2006, Jayaprakash wrote:
| 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.
| --------------------------------------------
| 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 ?
How about starting with a newer version of Octave? 2.1.49 is really
old. Since there is an Octave package for Cygwin now, I would
recommend installing Octave 2.1.73 by using the Cygwin installer. You
can find Octave in the "math" category when you select packages.
jwe