I think the simple examples serve to show the syntax only, and do not explain its utility. The nested function definition will be useful if called many times within a lengthy function, or just for sake of code clarity.
Regards, Rafael -----Original Message----- From: users <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Izabela Wójcik-Grzaba Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 5:04 PM To: Users mailing list for Scilab <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Scilab-users] Nested function definition Ok, so why nested function in help is so complicated: //nested functions definition function y=foo(x) a=sin(x) function y=sq(x), y=x^2,endfunction y=sq(a)+1 endfunction foo(%pi/3) Couldn't it be formulated like below: function y1=foo1(x) a=sin(x); y1=a^2+1; endfunction foo1(%pi/3) That's why I had problems with my functions and couldn't understand why it has to be so complicated. Thank you once more. Iza _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.scilab.org/mailman/listinfo/users
