I did not understant well your question. But from the size() help :
Scilab wrote
> The syntax n = size(x, sel) may be used to specify what dimension to get:
>
> Set sel to 1 or
*
> 'r' to get the number of rows.
*
> Set sel to 2 or
*
> 'c' to get the number of columns.
*
> Set sel
Samuel GOUGEON wrote
> Please try the following:
> edit("SCI/modules/atoms/macros/atoms_internals/atomsDESCRIPTIONget.sci",194)
> // It is the line #178 in local numbering
> //replace the line #178
> extract_cmd = + gzip_path + + " -d """ + file_out + ;
> //with
> extract_cmd =