Scilab/C2/Scripts-and-Functions/English-timed

Time	Narration
00.02	Welcome to the spoken tutorial on Scripts and Functions with Scilab.
00.07	Let us start with a brief introduction to the file formats in Scilab.
00.12	When several commands are to be executed, it may be more convenient to write these statements in to a file with Scilab editor.
00.22	These are called SCRIPT files.
00.25	To execute the commands written in such a script file,the exec function can be used, followed by the name of the script file
00.35	These file generally have the extension dot sce or dot sci, depending on its content.
00.43	Files having the dot sci extension contain scilab function and or user defined function.
00.52	Executing these files loads the functions into Scilab environment (but does not execute them),
00.59	whereas
01.02	Files having the dot sce extension contain Scilab function and user defined function.
01.09	Please remember that the convention of naming the extension as dot sce and dot sci are not RULES, but a convention followed by the scilab community.
01.22	Let us open the Scilab Console window on the computer.
01.28	On the present working directory by typing the command pwd on the command prompt
01.36	Go to the Task bar of scilab console window and click on the editor option to Open the scilab editor
01.50	I have already typed the commands in a file and saved it as helloworld.sce,
01.56	Therefore I will open that file using Open a file shortcut icon.
02.04	Select helloworld.sce file and click on open.
02.11	You may type the commands in the new file and save this file to the current working directory as helloworld.sce through the file menu.
02.20	Go to the execute button on the scilab editors menu bar and select load into scilab option.
02.30	This will load the file into the scilab console.
02.35	After loading the file on the console the script produces the output as you see.
02.43	It contains both the commands and the resulting output for the respective command.
02.49	Now change the value of a to 1.
02.55	In the editor go to the file menu and click save.
03.02	We can also execute this script directly from the scilab interpretor using the exec command
03.09	And giving the path to the script file as exec into brackets into double quotes helloworld.sce that is the file name and press enter.
03.32	The script file produces a similar output with the use exec function.
03.37	Let us now talk about Functions:
03.40	A function definition starts with the keyword function and ends with the keyword endfunction.
03.47	I have already saved a function file in function.sci using the scilab editor.
03.57	I will open that file as you see
04.05	The function is defined here.
04.09	In this degrees is the output parameter and radians is the input parameter to the function named radians2degrees.
04.26	I will load this function in Scilab using the Execute menu option.
04.40	The function is now loaded in the scilab console.
04.45	It can also be loaded using exec command
04.48	Once a function is loaded, it can be called like any other Scilab function by passing specific arguments to that function.
04.56	Make a mental note of the% sign and recall the reason for its use.
05.02	Now let us find values for radians2degrees of %pi by 2 and radians2degrees of %pi by 4.
05.17	%pi by 2 and radians2degrees of %pi by 4
05.28	Now we will see a function with more than one input and output arguments.
05.34	This function will takes polar coordinates as input argument and returns rectangular coordinates as output argument.
05.45	I will open the file which I have already typed.
05.52	Here you can see x and Y are the output parameters and r and theta are the input parameters to the function polar2rec.
06.06	I will load this function in scilab using the exec option.
06.22	Once the function is loaded, we need to call the function.
06.25	This function requires two input arguments and two output arguments.
06.32	Therefore r is equal to 2 , theta is equal to 45 and now we will call it x1,y1 output parameters is equal to function name polar to rect into bracket r comma theta and press enter.
07.25	You will see the values of x1 and y1
07.30	One of the interesting features of Scilab is you can define any number of functions in a single .sci file.
07.38	While doing this please remember that by default all the variables defined in a function are local
07.46	The scope of variables used in a particular function ends with the endfunction keyword of the function definition
07.56	Advantage of this feature is that we can use same variable names in different function.
08.06	These variables won't get mixed up unless we use the global option.
08.11	To know more about the global variable type help global.
08.19	Please note that if any variable is to be "watched" or monitored inside a function, then disp is required.
08.27	Inside a function file, you can check for yourself the effect of putting a semicolon ( ; ) at the end of a statement.
08..35	Also check this for disp("...") statements.
08.38	Inline Functions:
08.40	Functions are segments of code that have well defined input and output as well as local variables.
08.47	The simplest way to define a function is by using the command `deff'.
08.54	Scilab allows the creation of in-line functions and are especially useful when the body of the function is short.
09.03	This can be done with the help of the function deff().
09.07	It takes two string parameters.
09.10	The first string defines the interface to the function.
09.14	The second string defines the statements of the function.
09.20	The deff command defines the function in Scilab and also loads it.
09.27	There is no need to load the function defined by using deff command explicitly through execute menu option.
09.35	Let us see an example to illustrate this concept.
09.41	Iwill open a file inline.sci where I have written the inline function.
09.52	I will resize the editor window:
09.57	As mentioned earlier the first string defines the function declaration and the second string defines the statements of the function.
10.14	We will load this function in scilab editor and
10.25	Use it to find the values of degrees2radians of 90 and degrees2radians of 45.
10.55	A function should call, not just other functions within itself, but also ITSELF.
11.01	This is "recursive" calling of a function.
11.03	This is required, for example, when writing a function to calculate the factorial of an integer.
11.11	Let us extend the discussion on file formats in Scilab:
11.14	As mentioned earlier SCILAB uses two types of file formats, namely the SCE file format and the SCI file format.
11.24	The files with the dot sce file extension are the script files,
11.28	which contain the SCILAB commands that you enter during an interactive kind of SCILAB session.
11.36	They can comprise comment lines utilized in documenting the function and they can also use the command EXEC to execute the script.
11.53	The files with the dot sci file extension are the function files that start with the function statement.
12.00	A single dot sci file can have multiple function definitions which themselves contain any number of SCILAB statements that perform operations on the function argument,
12.15	or on the output variables after they have been evaluated.
12.21	This brings us to the end of this spoken tutorial on Scripts and Functions in Scilab.
12.26	There are many other functions in Scilab which will be covered in other spoken tutorials.
12.31	Keep watching the Scilab links.
12.34	This spoken tutorial has been created by the Free and Open Source Software in Science and Engineering Education (FOSSEE).
12.42	More information on the FOSSEE project could be obtained from http://fossee.in or http://scilab.in
12.51	Supported by the National Mission on Eduction through ICT, MHRD, Government of India.
12.57	For more information, visit:spoken hyphen tutorial dot o r g slash NMEICT hyphen intro [1]
13.07	This is Anuradha Amrutkar from IIT Bombay signing off.
13.11	Thanks for joining us.'Good bye

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