Re: How do I open scripts in octave?

[Laurent Hoeltgen]

On 23/12/12 19:12, nathvi wrote:
> Hello, I am in a machine learning class, and I know absolutely nothing about
> octave. I have these files, and they are in the correct load dirrectory, but
> when I try to open the file it gives me the error:
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> "  unable to extract matrix size from file `warmUpExercise.m'"
>
> The warm up exercise looks like this:
>
> function A = warmUpExercise()
> %WARMUPEXERCISE Example function in octave
> %   A = WARMUPEXERCISE() is an example function that returns the 5x5
> identity matrix
>
> A = [];
> % ============= YOUR CODE HERE ==============
> % Instructions: Return the 5x5 identity matrix
> %               In octave, we return values by defining which variables
> %               represent the return values (at the top of the file)
> %               and then set them accordingly.
>
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> eye (5)
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> % ===========================================
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> end
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Hi,

can you tell us what you entered in octave?
Btw, if you want the function to return the identity matrix, change the 
line after the last comment to:

A = eye(5);

and not just eye(5).

Regards,
Laurent