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Variables

  • Predefined variables
    • SCI — variable containing the value of the root path of Scilab.
    • SCIHOME — contains the path to preferences, history files of your Scilab session.
    • TMPDIR — temporary directory path.
    • percenteps — epsilon (floating-point relative accuracy)
    • percenti — imaginary unit
    • percentinf — infinity
    • percentnan — not-a-number
    • percentpi — ratio of circle's circumference to its diameter
  • clear — kills variables
  • clearglobal — kills global variables
  • exists — checks variable existence
  • getvariablesonstack — get variable names on stack of scilab
  • isdef — checks variable existence
  • isglobal — check if a variable is global
  • names — Scilab names syntax
  • predef — variable protection
  • who — listing of variables
  • who_user — listing of user's variables
  • whos — listing of variables in long form
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