call#

Purpose#

Calls a function or procedure when the returned value is not needed and can be ignored, or when the procedure is defined to return nothing.

Format#

call function_name();
call function_name(argument_list);

Examples#

// Create a positive definte matrix
x = moment(rndn(100, 4), 0);

// Call chol function
call chol(x);

// y is the determinant
y = detl;

The above example is the fastest way to compute the determinant of a positive definite matrix. The result of chol() is discarded and detl is used to retrieve the determinant that was computed during the call to chol().

Remarks#

This is useful when you need to execute a function or procedure and do not need the value that it returns. It can also be used for calling procedures that have been defined to return nothing.

function_name can be any intrinsic GAUSS function, a procedure (proc), or any valid expression.