Re: Passing values

[Mike Miller]

On Sun, 12 May 2002, sbt wrote:

> I want to pass variable values from a perl cgi script to an octave
> script in order to generate plots that my be dynamically created and
> viewed online.  I am using Octave 2.0.16.  Any advice on how to do this?


I have one imperfect answer and a similar question.

Imperfect answer:

Write the octave script so that it reads data from a file...
  load -force octave_values.txt
...and parses that data accordingly.  Write the file from the perl script.


Similar question:

In an octave script, can I use command-line arguments as in a shell
script.  Simple example (which does not work):

#!/usr/local/bin/octave -q
x = $1 ;
x^2

I would call the script 'squared' and I'd call it like this:

squared 7

It would return 49 to stdout.  The '$1' refers to the first argument on
the command line (following the command itself).  Obviously, I've tried
this and the $1 syntax doesn't work.

Does Octave support this sort of thing?

Thanks in advance.

Mike

-- 
Michael B. Miller, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Division of Epidemiology
University of Minnesota
http://taxa.epi.umn.edu/~mbmiller/



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