Scilab Function
Last update : 00/00/0000

apropos - searches keywords in Scilab help

Calling Sequence

apropos(key)
apropos(regexp)

Parameters

Description

apropos(key) looks for Scilab help files containing keywords keyin their short description section.

With Scilab Browser only, apropos(regexp) looks for Scilab help files containing regular expression regexpin their short description section.

Examples


apropos('ode')
apropos ode 
apropos "list of"

//next only for Scilab Browser
global %browsehelp;%browsehelp_save=%browsehelp;%browsehelp="Scilab Browser";

apropos "sin.*hyperbolic"
apropos "^ab"  //search help beginning the two characters "ab"
apropos "quadratic.*solver"

%browsehelp=%browsehelp_save;
 
  

See Also

help,  man,