Re: "Permanent" variables

[Andy Buckle]

On 8 February 2016 at 13:54, grg <address@hidden> wrote:

Dear all,

I've now added functions in my path that I can use to abbreviate those
commands as I initially wanted.

Thanks so much for your help!

grg



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Beware! There is  a pitfall of having lots of functions with short names. One day you will forget and name a variable the same. Then your function is hidden.

octave:6> aargh
ans = errr
octave:7> type aargh
aargh is the user-defined function defined from: /home/cf/octave/aargh.m   

function a=aargh
   a='errr';
endfunction
octave:8> aargh = 1  
aargh =  1
octave:9> aargh
aargh =  1
octave:10> aargh()
ans =  1
octave:11>

I wish octave would warn you when you do this. (Perhaps I should try a patch).

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