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editvar

Scilab variable editor

Syntax

editvar("close")
editvar(varname)

Arguments

varname

name (single string) of the variable name to edit. The variable must exist in the current Scilab environment. It must refer to a scalar, vector or matrix of

  • booleans (dense or sparse)
  • encoded integers (int8, uint8, int16, uint16, int32, uint32)
  • real or complex numbers (dense or sparse)
  • strings

Description

editvar(varname) interactively edits the variable whose name is provided by varname.

Several variables can be edited in the same time. editvar(varname) must be called once for each of them. In the editor, a new tab is opened for each edited variable.

Predefined protected constants of supported types can't be edited: %pi, %e, %eps, %i, %inf, %nan, %f, %F, %t, %T, home, SCIHOME, SCI, WSCI, TMPDIR.

editvar("close") or editvar close closes the open variables editor.

Editor's features

editvar has numerous features:

Examples

a = rand(10,10);
editvar a;
b = ['hello';'good bye'];
editvar b;
sp = sparse([1,2;4,5;3,10],[1,2,3])
editvar("sp");

See also

History

VersionDescription
6.1.0 editvar("close") added

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