GNU Octave

Time for action – making your first script

1. Start the Octave interactive environment and open the editor:

   octave:1> edit

2. Write the following commands in the editor, but leave out the hash marks (#) and the code line numbers to the right. They are used only for reference:

   Code Listing 4.1
   A = rand(3,5);          					#1
   								#2
   min(min(A))							#3

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3. Save the file as script41.m (notice the extension .m) under the current directory or anywhere in the Octave search path directory.
4. Now executing ...