#include <octave/oct.h> DEFUN_DLD (globaldemo, args, , "Global Demo") { if (args.length () != 1) print_usage (); octave_value retval; std::string s = args(0).string_value (); octave_value tmp = get_global_value (s, true); if (tmp.is_defined ()) retval = tmp; else retval = "Global variable not found"; set_global_value ("a", 42.0); return retval; }