Re: Use of Octave functions and commands in online version

[Rob Mahurin]

Hi Gerry, I'm copying back to the mailing list.

On Apr 16, 2009, at 10:23 PM, G. Long wrote:
> Rob,
>
> Thank you for your reply.
>
> Last week, while searching on the subject 'online calculators,' I came
> across a website giving access to GNU Octave
> (www.online-utility.org/math/math_calculator.jsp). The version number
> given was 2.1.73 (i686-pc-linux-gnu).

This version of Octave is very old.

> Is there a function or command for writing a formatted output? From
> the instructions, it seems that 'printf()' is supposed to do that. The
> response from the website has been intermittent making familiarization
> with Octave difficult. The site was inaccessible yesterday and today.
>
> Last night I discovered that Wikipedia gives a link to a remote
> computer with Octave installed (hara.mimuw.edu.pl/weboctave). The
> response seems quick and repeatable, unlike the site above. Today, it
> was noted that the version of Octave running on the remote computer
> changed from the above version to version 3.0.1.
>
> Do you know of any other links providing online access to computers
> running Octave?

I don't know of any.

The most common way to run Octave is to download it from octave.org  
and install on your own computer; that is what we support on this  
list.  If you have trouble running Octave on someone else's web  
server, you will have to ask that person for help.

Cheers,
Rob

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Rob Mahurin
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