lines

Scilab Function
Last update : 12/01/2004

lines - rows and columns used for display

### Calling Sequence

  `lines([nl [,nc]])`
  `ncl=lines()`

### Parameters

- `nl : an integer, the number of lines for vertical paging control. If 0` no vertical paging control is done.
- `nc` : an integer, the number of column of output. Used for formatting output
- `ncl` : a 1x2 vector [nc,nl]

### Description

`lines` handles Scilab display paging.

`lines()` returns the vector [# columns, # rows] currently used by Scilab for displaying the results.

`lines(nl)` sets the number of displayed lines (before user is asked for more) to `nl` .

`lines(0)` disables vertical paging

`lines(nl,nc)` changes also the size of the output to `nc` columns.

When Scilab is launched without -nw option, the `lines` parameters are automatically set according to the output window size, these parameters are also automaticaly modified when the window is resized.

### See Also

`disp` , `print` ,