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Functions As Variables
Syntax function new function = existing function ( implicit arguments )
See Also arguments , local variable functions , strings to functions

Description
Creates a new function with the same or fewer arguments as an existing function. The implicit arguments are an identifier list that is passed to the new function without being specified in the call.

Tutorial
If you enter
     clear
     function  residual(d, t, x) begin
          return d - x * t
     end
     Time       = seq(3)
     Data       = 2 * Time 
     function f = residual(Data, Time)
     print f(1)
 O-Matrix will respond
     {
     1
     2
     3
     }
 because f(1) is evaluated as residual(Data, Time, 1).

Reference
Functions defined in this way are referred to as variable functions . The implicit arguments in a function assignment statement can themselves be functions.

This feature is useful when using a general purpose utility that expects a function of a specific type. For example, you could use the variable function f defined above to solve the problem
                    2
     minimize |f(x)|  with respect to x
as follows
     level   = 0
     maxit   = 20
     x0      = 1.
     scale   = 1.
     result  = nlsq(function f, x0, scale, maxit, level)
     xout    = result.col(coldim(result))
     print xout
 to which O-Matrix would respond
     2