Psychtoolbox-3

Psychophysics Toolbox Version 3 (PTB-3) is an open-source set of Matlab and GNU Octave functions for vision and neuroscience research. It makes it easy to synthesize and show accurately controlled visual and auditory stimuli and interact with the observer. Some of its functionality is available as part of Python toolkits like PsychoPy. For licenses, commercial support and services visit psychtoolbox.net. Follow us on Mastodon, BlueSky, or Twitter @psychtoolbox

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IsOctave

>Psychtoolbox>PsychOneliners

resultFlag = IsOctave

Returns true if the script is running under GNU/Octave.

Some scripts need to behave differently when running under
GNU/Octave instead of running under Mathworks Matlab.

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Psychtoolbox/PsychOneliners/IsOctave.m

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Last updated on April 26, 2025