

The underlying numerical solvers are currently standard Fortran ones

Two and three dimensional plotting is fully supported using gnuplot. To the complete text of the manual is available via the help command The Octave distribution includes a 200+ page Texinfo manual. At the end of each session, theĬommand history is saved, so that commands entered during previous By default, the line editing commands are similar to theĬursor movement commands used by GNU Emacs, and a vi-style lineĮditing interface is also available. Octave uses the GNU readline library to handle reading and editing Solve sets of nonlinear algebraic equations, integrate functions overįinite and infinite intervals, and integrate systems of ordinaryĭifferential and differential-algebraic equations.

Octave can do arithmetic for real and complex scalars and matrices, Numerical computations that is mostly compatible with Octave is a high-level interactive language, primarily intended for This FAQ is intended to supplement, not replace, the Octave manual.īefore posting a question to the hlpe-octave mailing list, you shouldįirst check to see if the topic is covered in the manual. That is not covered by the FAQ, please use mailing list. Please send suggestions to you have general questions about Octave, or need help for something I'm looking for new questions ( with answers), better answers, Some information in this FAQ was developed for earlier versions of This is a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) for Octave users. Go to the first, previous, next, last section, table of contents. Frequently asked questions about Octave (with answers) - What is Octave?
