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symbols

scilab operator names

Description

Use the following names to get help on a specific symbol.

operator name in Scilab help
',", .' quote
+ plus
- minus
*, .*, *. star
.*. kron
.\., ./. krondivide
/, ./, /. slash
//, /* */ comments
\, .\ ,\. backslash
. dot
=, == equal
<,>,>=,<=,<> less, greater
~ tilde
[] brackets
() parentheses
% percent
: colon
, comma
; semicolon
^, .^ hat, power
|, || or_op
&, && and_op
$ dollar

For historical reasons, different symbols may represent the same operator:

@ is equivalent to ~

** is equivalent to ^.

It is highly recommended not to use these features, because they will be removed in the future.

See also

  • overloading — display, functions and operators overloading capabilities
  • names — Naming rules for variables and functions
  • getscilabkeywords — returns a list with all scilab keywords.
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