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 <[email protected]> >> 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. >>>>>> >>>>> >>
