Re: feed contents from a text file to octave promt ?

[Heber Farnsworth]

If the data is nicely set up in rows and columns you should be able to
type 

load fn.dat

where fn.dat is the name of the file.  This will create a matrix called
fn in your workspace.

Heber

On Tue, 2002-09-10 at 17:24, john greene wrote:
> how to input contents from a file at the octave prompt ?
> 
> i have a matrix like 20x20 and have it written in a text file.
> how do i input the contents of this file / enter at the "octave
> prompt" ?
> 
> (because it would be cumbersome to input a matrix of 20 by 20
> size at the octave prompt.)
> 
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