Julia doesn't identify functions and files the way Matlab does. You can just load the file by name.
On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 2:56 PM, J Luis <jmfl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Anyway, unfortunately none of the above solutions work for files. If the > file is called "GMT_insert.jl", and is in the path, I get variations around > (+ file extension - file extension) of > > ERROR: UndefVarError: GMT_insert not defined > > > > quinta-feira, 22 de Outubro de 2015 às 18:30:04 UTC+1, J Luis escreveu: >> >> Speed is not critical here. I am porting this script >> >> >> http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/projects/gmt-matlab-octave-api/repository/changes/trunk/src/gmtest.m >> >> that will call the test scripts that live, as for example, here >> >> >> http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/projects/gmt/repository/show/branches/5.2.0/doc/scripts/ml >> >> and compare the produced output with the reference PS file that is also >> in the testing dirs. >> >> If it works, as I hope and will test later. It's good enough for me but >> off course faster alternatives are always wellcome. >> >> Thanks >> >> quinta-feira, 22 de Outubro de 2015 às 18:16:05 UTC+1, Stefan Karpinski >> escreveu: >>> >>> This will not be fast. It's also wildly insecure if the string come from >>> an external source. I'd strongly recommend figuring out a different >>> approach to what you're doing, but it's hard to provide guidance without >>> more context. >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Alex Ames <alexande...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> You could define your own feval: >>>> >>>> feval(fn_str, args...) = eval(parse(fn_str))(args...) >>>> >>>> This has the advantage of accepting anonymous functions and multiple >>>> arguments if necessary: >>>> julia> feval("sin",5.0) >>>> -0.9589242746631385 >>>> >>>> julia> fn_str = "a_plus_b(a,b) = a + b" >>>> "a_plus_b(a,b) = a + b" >>>> >>>> julia> feval(fn_str,2,3) >>>> 5 >>>> >>>> On Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 8:20:33 AM UTC-5, J Luis wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, at least it's a place to start. >>>>> >>>>> quinta-feira, 22 de Outubro de 2015 às 14:10:44 UTC+1, Kristoffer >>>>> Carlsson escreveu: >>>>>> >>>>>> Maybe >>>>>> >>>>>> julia> eval(Symbol("sin"))(5.0) >>>>>> -0.9589242746631385 >>>>>> >>>>>> Not sure if this is the best solution. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 2:57:31 PM UTC+2, J Luis wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I need to convert this piece of Matlab code >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [ps, orig_path] = feval(str2func(test), out_path); >>>>>>> >>>>>>> where 'test' is the name of a function and 'out_path' it unique >>>>>>> input argument. I have read and re-read the eval function and for once >>>>>>> it's >>>>>>> clear for me how it works (sorry, I find this sentence highly cryptic " >>>>>>> Evaluate an expression in the given module and return the result" ) >>>>>>> but worst, I don't see anywhere how it could call a function with input >>>>>>> arguments. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> How can I achieve the same result in Julia? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>
