5.1.65 LIB

Syntax:

LIB string_expression;

Type:

none

Purpose:

reads a library of procedures from a file. If the given filename does not start with . or / and cannot be located in the current directory, each directory contained in the library SearchPath is searched for file of this name. See Loading of a library, for more info on SearchPath.

Note on standard.lib:

Unless SINGULAR is started with the --no-stdlib option, the library standard.lib is automatically loaded at start-up time.

Syntax:

LIB;

Type:

string

Purpose:

shows all loaded libraries written in Singular.

Example:

option(loadLib); // show loading of libraries LIB; // standard.lib is loaded → standard.lib // the names of the procedures of inout.lib LIB "inout.lib"; // are now known to Singular → // ** loaded inout.lib (1.21.2.5,2002/06/12) LIB; → standard.lib,inout.lib

See Command line options; Loading of a library; Procedures and libraries; SINGULAR libraries; proc; standard_lib; string; system.