%
or #
; the respective line is ignored starting at this letter.
Variable names are case-sensitive, not, however, the names of builtin functions.
Long calculations and infinite loops in programs can be interrupted
using the menu-option Run - Interrupt or by typing Ctrl-c
.
This does not work, however, with builtin functions.
The following list summarizes how argument data types in the subsequent reference tables are characterized.
Example | Font | Description |
long |
typewriter | constant literal text |
name | slanted | textstring, always quoted (single ' or double '') |
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italic | algebraic expression, with or without symbols, scalar, vector, matrix. |
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italic | vector, numeric or symbolic (except Lapack) |
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italic | matrix, numeric or symbolic (except Lapack) |
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italic | symbolic variable |
COUNT | small capitals | integer, often ![]() |