apropos - searches keywords in Scilab help

Calling Sequence

apropos(key)

apropos(regexp)

Parameters

• 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")

Description

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

With Scilab Browser only, apropos(regexp) looks for Scilab help files containing regular expression regexp in their short description section.

Examples

apropos('ode')
apropos ode 
apropos "list of"

//next only for Scilab Browser
global %browsehelp;%browsehelp_save=%browsehelp;%browsehelp="Scilab Browser";

apropos "sin.*hyperbolic"
apropos "^ab"  //search help beginning the two characters "ab"
apropos "quadratic.*solver"

%browsehelp=%browsehelp_save;
 
  

See Also

help ,   man ,