editvar

Scilab variable editor

Syntax

editvar(varname)

Arguments

varname

name (single string) of the variable name to edit. The variable must exist in the current Scilab environment. It must refer to a scalar, vector or matrix of

booleans (dense or sparse)
encoded integers (int8, uint8, int16, uint16, int32, uint32)
real or complex numbers (dense or sparse)
strings

Description

editvar(varname) interactively edits the variable whose name is provided by varname.

Several variables can be edited in the same time. editvar(varname) must be called once for each of them. In the editor, a new tab is opened for each edited variable.

Predefined protected constants of supported types can't be edited: %pi, %e, %eps, %i, %inf, %nan, %f, %F, %t, %T, home, SCIHOME, SCI, WSCI, TMPDIR.

close editvar closes the open variable editor.

Editor's features

editvar has numerous features:

Matrix visualisation
Undo/redo capabilities
Cell editing
Expression evaluation. Please note that editvar will not store the expression. Only the value.
Advanced selection of elements (available with the CTRL key)
Plotting
Plotting of a subset
Variable format (short, shortE, long or longE formats)
Column / lines management (insert, delete, copy and paste, ... )
Full copy and paste between Libreoffice/Openoffice or Microsoft Excel and Scilab (both ways).
Renaming or copy of a variable

Examples

a = rand(10,10);
editvar a;
b = ['hello';'good bye'];
editvar b;
sp = sparse([1,2;4,5;3,10],[1,2,3])
editvar("sp");

close — Closes graphic figures, progression or wait bars, the help browser, xcos, the variables browser or editor.
browsevar — Scilab variable browser
whos — listing of variables in long form
edit — edits a given Scilab function or file
ged — Scilab Graphic Editor
tree_show — Displays a tree view of a list, tlist, mlist, cell or structure array, Xcos block

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Last updated:
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