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Scilab keywords

  • ansanswer
  • backslash(\) left matrix division.
  • brackets([,]) left and right brackets
  • colon(:) colon operator
  • comma(,) comma; instruction, argument separator
  • comments(//) comments
  • comparisoncomparison, relational operators
  • dollar($) last index
  • dot(.) symbol
  • elsekeyword in if-then-else and select-case-then-else
  • elseifkeyword in if-then-else
  • empty([]) empty matrix
  • endend keyword
  • equal(=) assignment , comparison, equal sign
  • extractionmatrix and list entry extraction
  • globalDefine global variable
  • hat(^) exponentiation
  • assignationpartial 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
  • symbolsscilab operator names
  • tilde(~) logical not
  • catchbeginning of catch block in try-catch control instruction
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