I'm using the Octave io package but it keeps unloading itself before I run the script. I'm using the xlsread function provided by io but I keep getting the following error:
warning: Functions for spreadsheet style I/O (.xls .xlsx .sxc .ods .dbf .wk1 etc.) are
provided in the io package. See <http://octave.sf.net/io/>.
Please read <http://www.octave.org/missing.html> to learn how you can contribute missing
functionality.
error: 'xlsread' undefined near line 25 column 23
The package shows up when I type pkg list and there is an asterisk next to it when I type pkg load io. I even edited the octaverc to load io on startup. But I get that error when I run my script and when I check pkg list after my script fails the package is unloaded.
Make sure you don't invoke clear all (or similar commands) somewhere in your script, as this might also remove loaded libraries from memory.