Math Forum / Math Software / Scilab / April 2007

I am a new user of Scilab.
If I understand well, to use one functions or a script without having
to load it all time is it necessary to translate it in .BIN ?
What is the method to create this .BIN with Scilab 4.1 ?

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How do I read a comma seperated ASCII file with a title column and a
date column?
For example, see the file below - I want to read the date to a string
array and the data to a double precision array.

I dont know if this is true but from what I got in the manual xset
will is obsolete and wont be supported by sucessing versions.
Whenever I want to draw a poly, rect or something else how can I set
the (default-) color which the line or the fill will have - without

I think the way coordinates are translated within a figure is
completly comfusing. If you do not plot anything and leave anything
untouched the orgin will be in the BL-Corned instead of the TL-Corner.
So using the xrect-command as an e.g. , which interprest coordinates

Is there a way to load what ever a picture fileformat into scilab to
use it in a figure? If this will now work cause rotating a view is not
prepared for rotating a picture i would load it as a background as
well.

I have a function where I need the norm (length) of a vector. Tryingo
to vectorize it I have seen that the norm function does not work the
same way for vectors or matrixs.
How can I apply the norm function columnwise?

I start with scilab and i need to have some help. I want to create a
new Block in scicos. (like a source for exemple) Is anybody have a
*.scg for exemple?
The aim of my study is to create a block as a "black box". so if you

I use Scilab 4.1 under WinXP Pro SP2 .
My complete session was recorded as
Startup execution:
  loading initial environment

I am relatively new to scilab and using 4.1 linux binary. I have got
the following problem related to error 144. I am explaining it in the
following lines.
function c=xxx(a,b)

According to "help hypermatrices", the entries in hypermatrices can be
rational polynomials. However, Scilab does not allow the entries to
the rational polynomials, just polynomials.
-->c=hypermat([7,7,7]);

I am new to this group and also to Scilab. Forgive me if these
questions sound like the Scilab novice that I am.
1. Is there a Scilab function that labels individual components of a
plot. I am familiar with the axes and legend labeling capabilities.

Do you know if it is possible to put some uicontrols (in a figure) and
plots (in a graphic figure) in the same one.
I mean to have only one window with all of these in it.
Thanks

I have somes issues when I try to use int2d in Scilab
When I use it to integrate cdfnor the calculation of int2d fail.
So I write the code here.
//h: coefficient de poisson

I have a vector  m = [1,2,3,4,5]'; and I want to transform it to a
matrix where each column is vector m:
A = [1 1 1 1 1;
      2 2 2 2 2;