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These are actually a shorthand version of
These are actually a shorthand version of {{codeline|%!test assert (foo (bar))}}, and {{codeline|assert}} is simply an Octave function that throws an error when two arguments fail to compare. A tolerance can be added to {{codeline|assert}} to pass results that are numerically not exactly equal:
{{codeline|%!test assert (foo (bar))}}, and {{codeline|assert}} is simply
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an Octave function that throws an error when two arguments fail to compare.
%!assert (pi, 3.14159)          # test fails as "Abs err 2.6536e-06 exceeds tol 0 by 3e-06"
%!assert (pi, 3.14159, 1e-5)    # test passes
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=== Error / Warning ===
=== Error / Warning ===
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