RLaB Primer
Version 1.0
Ian R. Searle & Phillip Musumeci
The RLaB program is ©copyright 1993, 94 Ian R. Searle.
This document is ©copyright 1993, 94 Ian R. Searle & Phillip Musumeci.
Contents
List of Figures
Primer priming
RLaB is freely available
Acknowledgments
Document reproduction and errors
Requirements
How to Read This Primer
Introduction
Starting to use RLaB
How to run it
Help
Simple calculations
Variable assignment and display
User Interface: command recall & editing
Objects—Basic Data Structures
Data Types
Object Hierarchy
Numerics
Matrix Creation
Vector Creation
Matrix Attributes
Element Referencing
Assignment
Matrix Operations
Matrix Relational Operations
Examples
Program Flow Control
If-Statement
While-Statement
For-Statement
Break and Continue Statements
Objects—Program Functions
Function Syntax
Function Scoping Rules
Function Argument Passing
Function Recursion
Files
Example
Objects—Other Data Structures
Strings
Lists
Examples
Builtin functions
Function Behavior
Input and Output
Plotting
2-D Plotting
Histograms
3-D Plotting
Summary