XploRe Help : exec

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Group:	Information and Control
See also:	_ execfile

Function:		exec
Description:		Executes the given string as if it was entered in the command line.

Usage:	`exec(cmd)`
Input:
	`cmd`	string, containing the command

Note:

This function is useful to avoid a command to be parsed unless it is actually needed; e.g. in if/else branches.

Example:

a="reshape((1:4),#(2,2))" exec(a)

Result:


Contents of reshape
[1,]        1        3 
[2,]        2        4

Group:	Information and Control
See also:	_ execfile

Keywords - Function groups - @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z