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Scilab keywords

  • ans — answer
  • backslash — (\) left matrix division.
  • brackets — ([,]) left and right brackets
  • colon — (:) colon operator
  • comma — (,) comma; instruction, argument separator
  • comments — (//) comments
  • comparison — comparison, relational operators
  • dollar — ($) last index
  • dot — (.) symbol
  • else — keyword in if-then-else and select-case-then-else
  • elseif — keyword in if-then-else
  • empty — ([]) empty matrix
  • end — end keyword
  • equal — (=) assignment , comparison, equal sign
  • extraction — matrix and list entry extraction
  • global — Define global variable
  • hat — (^) exponentiation
  • assignation — partial variable assignation
  • great — (>) greater than comparison
  • minus — (-) subtraction operator, sign changes
  • not — (~) logical not
  • parentheses — ( ) left and right parenthesis
  • percent — (%) special character
  • plus — (+) addition operator
  • power — (^,.^) power operation
  • quote — (') transpose operator, string delimiter
  • semicolon — (;) ending expression and row separator
  • slash — (/) right division and feed back
  • star — (*) multiplication operator
  • symbols — scilab operator names
  • tilde — (~) logical not
  • catch — beginning of catch block in try-catch control instruction
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