Re: GNU octave for windows help

[Søren Hauberg]

Hi,
a = [ 1, 1, 2; 3, 5, 8; 13, 21, 34 ]
works just fine on my box. Octave 2.1.36 is pretty old so you might want
to install a newer version. On windows it's recommended to install
cygwin (www.cygwin.com) and use it to install octave.

/Søren

lør, 12 11 2005 kl. 15:04 -0400, skrev Hayden Rampadarath:
> Hi,
> 
> I downloaded the GNU octave 2.1.36 for windows.
> Since i am new to Octave, i decided to follow the manual, in the
> section 1.2 Simple examples the comand
> octave:1> a = [ 1, 1, 2; 3, 5, 8; 13, 21, 34 ] was asked to be typed. 
> Upon entering I got the following messages
> error: invalid lvalue function called in expression
> error: evaluating assignment expression near line 1, column 13
> Could you please help me out here?
> 
> Thanks
> Hayden
> 
> 
> -- 
> Hayden Rampadarath
> Physics Department
> University of the West Indies
> St. Augustine, Trinidad
> 868-662-2002-2652 



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