[Scilab-users] What is a valid function name in Scilab?

[Rakshith Nayak]

In general, rules applicable to variable names are applicable to function
names as well.
For example:
*Avoid builtin function name
*No characters other than an underscore are allowed.
*keep the names short and crisp
*provide documentation when you write functions, so that neither others or
you, won't be having a problem using it, after a a while.
On Apr 16, 2013 1:38 PM, "Antoine Monmayrant" <antoine.monmayrant at laas.fr>
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I just lost a couple of hours trying to figure out what was wrong with a
> function I just wrote that seemed perfectly fine but could not be
> interpreted by scilab.
> I finally understood that you cannot define a function with a name that
> starts with a number.
> The problem is that the error reported is not helpful at all ("Incorrect
> function at line 1.") and that neither 'help function' nor 'help functions'
> clearly indicates this limitation.
> I think I'll report a bug for that, but before doing so I would like to
> know if any of you knows exactly what are the limitations for the name of
> user define functions in Scilab and where this information can be found in
> the documentation.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Antoine
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