`clear variable` does not work ?

[John W. Eaton]

On  1-Feb-2008, Sergei Steshenko wrote:

| Actually, it looks even more complicated now.
| 
| What does "The local variable X is linked to the global variable X" exactly mean ?
| 
| If in a given scope there are two entities named "X", how does one differentiate
| between them ?

I described the way global variables work in Octave as simply as I
think I can.  Global variables work this way because they have to work
in a way that is compatible with Matlab.  Sorry if you are unable to
follow.

| In Perl, for example,

The way Perl works is somewhat irrelevant here, no?

jwe