Command line Octave undefined functions

Question

I am trying to run Octave from the command line. The Octave function uses some functions that are signal processing related (e.g. padarray).

The function version (when run from Octave) runs with no problem. When I run from the command line with the following code, I get the error 'padarray' undefined. How do I get this function to be included?

Here's a simple example of the difference between two pieces of code.

Function

function [] = pad_function()
    vec = ones(2,1);
    vec = pad_vector(vec);
end

function padded_vector = pad_vector(vec)
    padded_vector = padarray(vec,2);   
endfunction

Script

#!/usr/local/bin/octave -qf
function padded_vector = pad_vector(vec)
    padded_vector = padarray(vec,100);

endfunction

vec = ones(2,1);
vec = pad_vector(vec);

klurie klurie · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-28T08:23:18

Removing the -f flag in the shebang line removes this error.

The -f flag causes Octave to not read from the initialization file, which I suppose links to the locations of these signal processing functions.

Command line Octave undefined functions

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