Desperately need MatLab or equivalent

Ricochet J · 6 May 2012 at 19:08

Hi,

I have some very basic MatLab scripts I want to open. I don't have MatLab.

Will Octave for Windows (if a Windows version exists!) open MatLab scripts?

Ta!

topdog@OC · 6 May 2012 at 20:26

I think it will open some, aren't Matlab 'scripts' typically given the .m file extension? I believe some previous classes I took had .m files that would work in both apps (i.e. if a .m file was in the current working directory, I could access its functions, etc., from within Octave).

That said I expect there'll be some differences or limitations, and I don't have the experience to say what exactly, as I've only used Octave myself.

shimy182 · 7 May 2012 at 09:20

I take it Wolfram doesnt open matlab files ?

http://www.wolframalpha.com/

Philip Perfect · 7 May 2012 at 12:21

If you do just want to open them, notepad will do the job. They're just text files really...

m3csl2004 · 7 May 2012 at 13:06

Notepad++ is free and awesome!

topdog@OC · 7 May 2012 at 13:32

Well, if you wanted to open them to edit them (not run them), Octave wouldn't be an option. You'd be expected to use something like notepad/notepad++ for that anyway. I presumed it meant running them.