apropos

searches keywords in Scilab help

Calling Sequence

apropos(key)
apropos(regexp)

Arguments

:key character string. give the sequence of characters to be found : :regexp character string. give the regular expression to be found

(only with “Scilab Browser”)

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Description

apropos(key) looks for Scilab help files containing keywords `key`in their short description section.

apropos(regexp) looks for Scilab help files containing regular expression `regexp`in their short description section.

Examples

apropos('ode')
apropos ode
apropos "list of"
apropos "sin.*hyperbolic"
apropos "^ab"  //search help beginning the two characters "ab"
apropos "quadratic.*solver"

See Also

• help on-line help command
• man on line help XML file description format