Table of Contents

abort - interrupt evaluation.

ans - answer

backslash - (\) left matrix division.

bool2s - convert boolean matrix to a zero one matrix.

boolean - Scilab Objects, boolean variables and operators & | ~

brackets - ([,]) left and right brackets

break - keyword to interrupt loops

call - Fortran or C user routines call

case - keyword used in select

clearglobal - kills global variables

clear - kills variables

colon - (:) colon operator

comma - (,) column, instruction, argument separator

comments - comments

continue - keyword to pass control to the next iteration of a loop

date - Current date as date string

debug - debugging level

definedfields - return index of list's defined fields

dot - (.) symbol

elseif - keyword in if-then-else

else - keyword in if-then-else

empty - ([]) empty matrix

end - end keyword

equal - (=) affectation, comparison equal sign

errcatch - error trapping

errclear - error clearing

error - error messages

evstr - evaluation of expressions

execstr - execute Scilab code in strings

exec - script file execution

exists - checks variable existence

exit - Ends the current Scilab session

external - Scilab Object, external function or routine

extraction - matrix and list entry extraction

feval - multiple evaluation

find - find indices of boolean vector or matrix true elements

format - number printing and display format

fort - Fortran or C user routines call

for - language keyword for loops

funptr - coding of primitives ( wizard stuff )

getdate - get date and time information

getenv - get the value of an environment variable

getfield - list field extraction

getpid - get Scilab process identificator

getversion - get Scilab version name

global - Define global variable

gstacksize - set/get scilab global stack size

hat - (^) exponentiation

host - Unix or DOS command execution

hypermatrices - Scilab object, N dimensional matrices in Scilab

hypermat - initialize an N dimensional matrices

iconvert - conversion to 1 or 4 byte integer representation

ieee - set floating point exception mode

ifthenelse - conditional execution

insertion - partial variable assignation or modification

intppty - set interface argument passing properties

inttype - type integers used in integer data types

inv_coeff - build a polynomial matrix from its coefficients

iserror - error occurence test

isglobal - check if a variable is global

lasterror - get last recorded error message

left - ([) left bracket

less - (<) lower than comparison

list - Scilab object and list function definition

lsslist - Scilab linear state space function definition

lstcat - list concatenation

matrices - Scilab object, matrices in Scilab

matrix - reshape a vector or a matrix to a different size matrix

mlist - Scilab object, matrix oriented typed list definition.

mode - select a mode in exec file

mtlb_mode - switch Matlab like operations

names - scilab names syntax

null - delete an element in a list

overloading - display, functions and operators overloading capabilities

parents - ( ) left and right parenthesis

pause - pause mode, invoke keyboard

percent - (%) special character

plus - (+) addition operator

poly - polynomial definition

power - power operation (^,.^)

predef - variable protection

pwd - print Scilab current directory

quit - decrease the pause level or exit

quote - (') transpose operator, string delimiter

rational - Scilab objects, rational in Scilab

resume - return or resume execution and copy some local variables

return - return or resume execution and copy some local variables

rlist - Scilab rational fraction function definition

sciargs - scilab command line arguments

select - select keyword

semicolon - (;) ending expression and row separator

semi - (;) instruction and row separator

setfield - list field insertion

slash - (/) right division and feed back

stacksize - set scilab stack size

star - (*) multiplication operator

symbols - scilab operator names

testmatrix - generate some particular matrices

then - keyword in if-then-else

tilda - (~) logical not

tlist - Scilab object and typed list definition.

typename - associates a name to variable type

type - variable type

user - interfacing a Fortran or C routine

varn - symbolic variable of a polynomial

what - list the Scilab primitives

whereami - display current instruction calling tree

whereis - name of library containing a function

where - get current instruction calling tree

while - while keyword

whos - listing of variables in long form

who_user - listing of user's variables

who - listing of variables