STK_TEST performs tests for a given M-file. FIXME (ticket #86): Convert help text below to plain text -*- texinfo -*- @deftypefn {Command} {} test @var{name} @deftypefnx {Command} {} test @var{name} quiet|normal|verbose @deftypefnx {Function File} {} test ('@var{name}', 'quiet|normal|verbose', @var{fid}) @deftypefnx {Function File} {} test ([], 'explain', @var{fid}) @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{success} =} test (@dots{}) @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@var{n}, @var{max}] =} test (@dots{}) @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@var{code}, @var{idx}] =} test ('@var{name}', 'grabdemo') Perform tests from the first file in the loadpath matching @var{name}. @code{test} can be called as a command or as a function. Called with a single argument @var{name}, the tests are run interactively and stop after the first error is encountered. With a second argument the tests which are performed and the amount of output is selected. @table @asis @item 'quiet' Don't report all the tests as they happen, just the errors. @item 'normal' Report all tests as they happen, but don't do tests which require user interaction. @item 'verbose' Do tests which require user interaction. @end table The argument @var{fid} can be used to allow batch processing. Errors can be written to the already open file defined by @var{fid}, and hopefully when Octave crashes this file will tell you what was happening when it did. You can use @code{stdout} if you want to see the results as they happen. You can also give a file name rather than an @var{fid}, in which case the contents of the file will be replaced with the log from the current test. Called with a single output argument @var{success}, @code{test} returns true if all of the tests were successful. Called with two output arguments @var{n} and @var{max}, the number of successful tests and the total number of tests in the file @var{name} are returned. If the second argument is 'explain', then @var{name} is ignored and an explanation of the line markers used is written to the file @var{fid}. @seealso{assert, error, example} @end deftypefn