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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:db="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:scilab="http://www.scilab.org" xml:lang="en" xml:id="tlist">
    <refnamediv>
        <refname>tlist</refname>
        <refpurpose>Scilab object and typed list definition.  </refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsynopsisdiv>
        <title>Syntax</title>
        <synopsis>tlist(typ, a1, ..., an)</synopsis>
    </refsynopsisdiv>
    <refsection>
        <title>Arguments</title>
        <variablelist>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>typ</term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>a character string or vector of character strings.</para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
            <varlistentry>
                <term>ai</term>
                <listitem>
                    <para>
                        any Scilab object (<literal>matrix</literal>, <literal>list</literal>,
                        <literal>string</literal>, ...).
                    </para>
                </listitem>
            </varlistentry>
        </variablelist>
    </refsection>
    <refsection>
        <title>Description</title>
        <para>
            <literal>tlist(typ, a1, ..., an)</literal> creates a <literal>typed-list</literal> with elements <varname>ai</varname>'s. The <varname>typ</varname> argument specifies the list type. Such <literal>typed-list</literal> allows the user to define new operations working on these object through Scilab functions. The only difference between <literal>typed-list</literal> and <literal>list</literal> is the value of the type (16 instead of 15).
        </para>
        <para>
            <code>typ(1)</code> specifies the list type (character string used to define soft coded operations).
        </para>
        <para>
            If specified <code>typ(i)</code> may give the <literal>(i+1)</literal>-th element formal name.
        </para>
        <para>
            Standard Operations on <literal>list</literal> work similarly for <literal>typed-list</literal>:
        </para>
        <para>
            extraction:
        </para>
        <para>
            <literal>[x, y, z, ...]=l(v)</literal> where <literal>v</literal> is a vector of indices;
            <literal>[x, y, z]=l(:)</literal> extracts all the elements.
        </para>
        <para>
            insertion:
        </para>
        <para>
            <literal>l(i)=a</literal>
        </para>
        <para>
            deletion:
        </para>
        <para>
            <code>l(i)=null()</code> removes the <literal>i</literal>-th
            element of the <literal>tlist</literal> <literal>l</literal>.
            <note>
                Note that the  semantics of <code>l.x=null()</code> is undefined, but a definition can be given through the <link linkend="overloading">overloading</link> mechanism.
            </note>
        </para>
        <para>
            display.
        </para>
        <para>
            Moreover if <code>typ(2:n+1)</code> are specified, user may
            point elements by their names.
        </para>
        <para>
            We give below examples where <literal>tlist</literal> are used.
        </para>
        <para>
            Linear systems are represented by specific <literal>typed-list</literal> e.g. a
            linear system <literal>[A,B,C,D]</literal> is represented by the <literal>tlist</literal>
            <code>Sys=tlist(['lss';'A';'B';'C';'D';'X0';'dt'],A,B,C,D,x0,'c')</code>
            and this specific list may be created by the function <function>syslin</function>.
        </para>
        <para>
            <code>Sys(2)</code>, <code>Sys('A')</code> or <code>Sys.A</code> is the state-matrix and <code>Sys('dt')</code> or <code>Sys.dt</code> is the time domain.
        </para>
        <para>
            A rational matrix <literal>H</literal> is represented by the <literal>typed-list</literal>
            <code>H=rlist(Num,Den,[])</code> where <literal>Num</literal> and <literal>Den</literal> are two
            polynomial matrices and a continuous time linear system with
            transfer matrix <literal>H</literal> may be created by <code>syslin('c',H)</code>.
        </para>
        <para>
            <code>H(2)</code>, <code>H('num')</code> or <code>H.num</code> is the transfer matrix numerator.
        </para>
    </refsection>
    <refsection>
        <title>Examples</title>
        <programlisting role="example"><![CDATA[
// tlist creation
t = tlist(["listtype","field1","field2"], [], []);
t.field1(1) = 10;
t.field1(2) = 20;
t.field2(1) = "Scilab";
t.field2(2) = "tlist";
t.field2(3) = "example";

// Fields contents display
disp(t.field1)
disp(t.field2)

// Generic tlist display
disp(t)

// Overloading display for this type of tlist
function %listtype_p(mytlist)
  f = fieldnames(mytlist);

  // typeof(mytlist) <=> f(1)
  mprintf("Displaying a tlist of type: %s\n", typeof(mytlist));

  mprintf("\n");

  mprintf("-- Field ''%s'' --\n", f(1));
  mprintf("Contents: %s\n", sci2exp(mytlist(f(1))));

  mprintf("\n");

  mprintf("-- Field ''%s'' --\n", f(2));
  mprintf("Contents: %s\n", sci2exp(mytlist(f(2))));
endfunction

// Display using overloading function
disp(t)
 ]]></programlisting>
    </refsection>
    <refsection role="see also">
        <title>See also</title>
        <simplelist type="inline">
            <member>
                <link linkend="percent">percent</link>
            </member>
            <member>
                <link linkend="syslin">syslin</link>
            </member>
            <member>
                <link linkend="list">list</link>
            </member>
            <member>
                <link linkend="mlist">mlist</link>
            </member>
        </simplelist>
    </refsection>
</refentry>
