Opens the file where a script function is defined.

Syntax

edit(functionname)

edit(functionptr)

Argument

Name

Description

functionname

A string; the name of the script function to be opened in the editor, if possible.

functionptr

The address of the function.  More specifically, the function that you want to open.  See Example.

Outputs

Name

Description

Example

Opens the 'rand' and 'randn' functions in the editor.

Syntax

edit('rand'); // using the string name of the function

edit(randn); // using directly the address of the function

edit('my_new_function') // proposes to create the file my_new_function in the current directory.

Comments

Opens the file where a script function is defined.  If the function does not exist, the editor proposes to create a file with this name.

See Also:

which