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Scilab keywords

  • backslash — (\) left matrix division: Exact or least square solution
  • brackets [,;] — Concatenation. Recipients of an assignment. Results of a function
  • colon (:) — Ranging operator. Addresses all elements along an array dimension or of a list.
  • comma — (,) comma; instruction, argument separator
  • comments — (// or /*...*/) comments
  • comparison — comparison, relational operators
  • dollar — ($) last index
  • dot — (.) symbol
  • equal — (=) assignment , comparison, equal sign
  • getscilabkeywords — returns a list with all scilab keywords.
  • hat — (^) exponentiation
  • greater — (>) greater than comparison
  • minus — (-) subtraction operator. Sign change
  • not — (~) logical not
  • parentheses — ( ) left and right parenthesis
  • percent — (%) special character
  • plus (+) — Numerical addition. Text concatenation (gluing)
  • quote — (') transpose operator, string delimiter
  • semicolon — (;) ending expression and row separator
  • slash — (/) right divisions. System's feed back. Comments
  • star — (*) multiplication operator
  • symbols — scilab operator names
  • tilde — (~) logical not
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