Re: syms

[Mike Miller]

On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 12:19:00 -0800, armando wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Why this error even with symbolic package installed?
> 
>  thanks
> 
> 
> >>> pkg list image
> Package Name  | Version | Installation directory
> --------------+---------+-----------------------
>     symbolic *|   1.1.0 | /usr/share/octave/packages/symbolic-1.1.0
> >>> 
> >>>
> f=@(x) x.^2 +3*x-1 + 5*x.*sin(x);
> >>> syms x;
> error: 'syms' undefined near line 1 column 1
> >>>

The symbolic package version 1.1.0 was sorely lacking in features and
unmaintained. Try the latest package version, which you can install
using `pkg install -forge symbolic`. It requires that you have Python
and a recent version of SymPy installed.

-- 
mike