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Re: clear all inside function
From: |
Jaroslav Hajek |
Subject: |
Re: clear all inside function |
Date: |
Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:42:19 +0200 |
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 5:12 PM, John W. Eaton<address@hidden> wrote:
> What is supposed to happen with "clear all" inside a function?
>
> Given the claim that the program posted here
>
> https://www-old.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/help-octave/2009-June/014713.html
>
> works in Matlab, it seems it should not be clearing functions. I
> guess this works in 3.0.x, but with the current sources, and a .m file
> containing the following
>
> function main ()
> clear all
> sub
> end
> function sub ()
> 'this is sub'
> end
>
> I see
>
> octave:2> main
> error: `sub' undefined near line 3 column 3
> error: called from:
> error: /scratch/jwe/build/octave/main.m at line 3, column 3
>
> jwe
>
Matlab explicitly says that
"All functions and global variables are cleared in both the function
workspace and in your base workspace"
--
RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek
computing expert & GNU Octave developer
Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU)
Prague, Czech Republic
url: www.highegg.matfyz.cz