Built-in Functions in Scilab

Most built in functions are identical in Matlab and Scilab. Some of them have a slightly different syntax. Here is a brief, partial list of commands with significant different syntax.

Matlab Scilab "equivalent"

all and

any or

balance balanc

clock unix('date')

computer unix_g('machine')

cputime timer

delete unix('rm file')

dir unix_g('ls')

echo mode

eig spec or bdiag

eval evstr

exist exists + type

fclose file('close')

feof

ferror

feval evstr and strcat

filter rtitr

finite (x < %inf)
fopen file('open') fread read fseek file ftell fwrite writeb global home isglobal isinf(a) a == %inf isnan(a) a ~= a isstr(a) type(a) == 10 keyboard pause + resume lasterr lookfor apropos more lines pack stacksize pause halt qz gspec+gschur randn rand rem modulo setstr code2str strcmp(a,b) a == b uicontrol uimenu getvalue unix unix_g version which whereis nargin [nargout,nargin]=argn(0) nargout

You will get a detailed tutorial on Scilab from: http://www-irma.u-strasbg.fr/~sonnen/SCILAB_HELP/frame.html

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