Chapter 4. Rationalizing: Octave Scripts
Often you will need to execute a sequence of commands. Instead of typing these commands directly into Octave's command prompt,you can write them in a text file and then execute that file from the prompt. This enables you to make any necessary changes later and then execute (or run) the file again without having to go through the tedious labour of rewriting every single command. A file composed of a single command or a sequence of commands is referred to as a script file or just a script. In this chapter, you will learn how to write both simple scripts and scripts that include more complicated program flows.
Sometimes it is useful to save your work, that is, to save the variables that contain the main results of your efforts. This chapter will also go through how you can do this in Octave, and show how you can load the variables back into Octave's workspace.
To summarize, in this chapter you will learn:
What a script is and how to execute it.
How to control...
