<html lang="en"> <head> <title>Octave Features - Frequently asked questions about Octave (with answers)</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> <meta name="description" content="Frequently asked questions about Octave (with answers)"> <meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.13"> <link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top"> <link rel="prev" href="Series-3_002e4_002eN.html#Series-3_002e4_002eN" title="Series 3.4.N"> <link rel="next" href="Learning-more-about-Octave.html#Learning-more-about-Octave" title="Learning more about Octave"> <link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/" rel="generator-home" title="Texinfo Homepage"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <style type="text/css"><!-- pre.display { font-family:inherit } pre.format { font-family:inherit } pre.smalldisplay { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallformat { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallexample { font-size:smaller } pre.smalllisp { font-size:smaller } span.sc { font-variant:small-caps } span.roman { font-family:serif; font-weight:normal; } span.sansserif { font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal; } --></style> </head> <body> <div class="node"> <a name="Octave-Features"></a> <p> Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="Learning-more-about-Octave.html#Learning-more-about-Octave">Learning more about Octave</a>, Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="Series-3_002e4_002eN.html#Series-3_002e4_002eN">Series 3.4.N</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="index.html#Top">Top</a> <hr> </div> <h2 class="chapter">5 What features are unique to Octave?</h2> <ul class="menu"> <li><a accesskey="1" href="Functions-defined-on-the-command_002dline.html#Functions-defined-on-the-command_002dline">Functions defined on the command-line</a> <li><a accesskey="2" href="Comments-with-_0023.html#Comments-with-_0023">Comments with #</a> <li><a accesskey="3" href="Strings-delimited-by-double-quotes-_0022.html#Strings-delimited-by-double-quotes-_0022">Strings delimited by double quotes "</a> <li><a accesskey="4" href="Line-continuation-by-backslash.html#Line-continuation-by-backslash">Line continuation by backslash</a> <li><a accesskey="5" href="Informative-block-closing.html#Informative-block-closing">Informative block closing</a> <li><a accesskey="6" href="Coherent-syntax.html#Coherent-syntax">Coherent syntax</a> <li><a accesskey="7" href="Exclamation-mark-as-not-operator.html#Exclamation-mark-as-not-operator">Exclamation mark as not operator</a> <li><a accesskey="8" href="Increment-and-decrement-operators.html#Increment-and-decrement-operators">Increment and decrement operators</a> <li><a accesskey="9" href="Unwind_002dprotect.html#Unwind_002dprotect">Unwind-protect</a> <li><a href="Built_002din-ODE-and-DAE-solvers.html#Built_002din-ODE-and-DAE-solvers">Built-in ODE and DAE solvers</a> </ul> <p>This section refers to <span class="sc">Matlab</span> R2010b and Octave 3.4.0. </body></html>