Note: Page numbers followed by f indicate figures; those followed by t indicate tables; and those followed by b indicate boxed material.
Symbols and Numbers
& (ampersand) as script statement separator,
123
* (array multiplication operator),
42–43
@ (at character)
for executing text file statements,
122
$ (dollar sign)
for operating system commands,
## (matrix multiplication operator),
43–44
> (maximum operator),
41–42
< (minimum operator),
41–42
[ ) (parentheses) for arrays,
25
? (question mark)
checking for function names,
23
for online help access, ,
23
as ternary operator,
50–51
(semicolon) for comments,
[ (square brackets)
appending array index,
39
nested, for multidimensional arrays,
25
A
Ambiguous keyword abbreviation message,
112
ampersand (&) as script statement separator,
123
and operator
for bit manipulation,
51–52
animation, pixmap windows for,
208–209
anonymous structures
accessing variables in,
53–54
appending variables to,
57,
58
internal identifiers,
55–58
modifying variables in,
54
Applied Physics Laboratory library,
462
arg_present routine
for checking input arguments,
122
for checking output arguments,
119–120
argument-passing mechanism,
113–115
arithmetic operators,
36–44
array multiplication,
42–43
efficiency of array operations, precedence and,
40–41
matrix multiplication,
43–44
array indexing,
29–34
indices specified as arrays,
30
multidimensional array examples,
31–32
multidimensional index sampling,
33–34
out-of-bounds scalar values and,
30
specifying indices,
29–30
array multiplication operator (#),
42–43
array properties
functions for determining,
67
mean absolute deviation,
71
array reordering
changing dimensions,
75–76
finding unique array values,
80–81
transposing arrays,
78–79
array resizing,
81–88
to arbitrary size with customized interpolation,
86–87
cubic convolution interpolation,
87
removing rows or columns,
87–88
arrays
of anonymous structures,
55–56
arithmetic operations on,
38–40
dereferencing pointers to,
63–64
floating-point grid,
28–29
functions for creating,
26–28
maximum operator on,
41–42
memory-conserving methods for,
135–136
minimum operator on,
41–42
multiplication operators,
42–44
of named structures,
56–57
operator precedence and efficiency of,
40–41
relational operators applied to arguments,
45–46
returned by tvrd function,
344
writing to formatted file,
155
associated variables creating,
169
for input files with sequential chunks of data,
170
at character (@)
for executing text file statements,
122
Attempt to call undefined procedure/function message,
93
Attempt to store into an expression message,
154
Attempt to subscript ARR with INDEX is out of range message,
30
attributes of widgets,
401
automatic compilation,
93–95
axes of plots
customization keywords,
243
range and style configuration,
243–244
axis procedure
axis tick mark and label key-words,
247–248
logarithmic axes keywords,
246
map_set procedure with,
283
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