The following chapters describe all of Octave's features in detail, but before doing that, it might be helpful to give a sampling of some of its capabilities.

If you are new to Octave, I recommend that you try these examples to begin learning Octave by using it. Lines marked with `octave:13>

' are lines you type, ending each with a carriage return. Octave will respond with an answer, or by displaying a graph.