How to use octave in python

[Robert Kern]

b83503104 at yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I want to use octave to read a file and do some matrix operation.  My
> question is, how do I do it inside my python script?  Also, can I write
> octave line by line in python without having to write the octave code
> in another script and then  call it in the python script?

You could try communicating with an octave instance using the subprocess 
module in the standard library. Depending on what that matrix operation 
is, though, you might want to consider doing it all in Python using 
Numeric and possibly Scipy.

http://numeric.scipy.org
http://www.scipy.org

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Robert Kern
rkern at ucsd.edu

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