1 ## Copyright (C) 1994-2012 John W. Eaton
3 ## This file is part of Octave.
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20 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {} is_global (@var{name})
21 ## This function is provided for compatibility with older versions of
22 ## Octave. New programs should use isglobal instead.
25 ## Deprecated in version 3.4
27 function retval = is_global (name)
28 persistent warned = false;
31 warning ("Octave:deprecated-function",
32 "is_global is obsolete and will be removed from a future version of Octave; please use isglobal instead");
35 retval = isglobal(name);