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Scilab Help >> Advanced functions

Advanced functions

  • Built-in & external
    • clearfun — removes primitive
    • external — Scilab Object, external function or routine
    • funptr — coding of primitives ( wizard stuff )
    • intppty — set interface argument passing properties
    • newfun — add a name in the table of functions
    • readgateway — get primitives list of a module
    • what — list the Scilab primitives
  • Libraries
    • genlib — build library from functions in given directory
    • get_function_path — get source file path of a library function
    • lib — library definition
    • librarieslist — get scilab libraries
    • library — library datatype description
    • libraryinfo — get macros and path of a scilab library
    • whereis — name of library containing a function
  • profiling
  • argn — Returns the number of input/output arguments in a function call
  • bytecode — given a function returns the "bytecode" of a function in a Scilab array and conversely.
  • bytecodewalk — walk in function bytecode applying transformation.
  • code2str — returns character string associated with Scilab integer codes. This function is obsolete.
  • comp — scilab function compilation
  • deff — on-line definition of function
  • edit — function editing
  • exec — script file execution
  • execstr — execute Scilab code in strings
  • fun2string — generates ASCII definition of a Scilab function
  • funcprot — switch scilab functions protection mode
  • endfunction — closes a function definition
  • functions — Scilab procedures and Scilab objects
  • getd — Load all functions defined in a directory
  • head_comments — display Scilab function header comments
  • listfunctions — properties of all functions in the workspace
  • macr2lst — function to list conversion
  • macr2tree — function to tree conversion
  • macro — Scilab procedure and Scilab object
  • macrovar — variables of function
  • mode — select a mode in an exec-file
  • overloading — display, functions and operators overloading capabilities
  • recompilefunction — recompiles a scilab function, changing its type
  • sciargs — scilab command line arguments
  • str2code — returns Scilab integer codes associated with a character string. This function is obsolete.
  • tree2code — generates ASCII definition of a Scilab function
  • varargin — variable number of arguments in an input argument list
  • varargout — variable numbers of arguments in an output argument list
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