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How can I create and debug octave programs in Visual Studio Code? Please provide details regarding Path settings etc.

I'm taking Andrew Ng's course on Machine learning in which he suggests octave as the language for beginners, will octave be useful later on for purposes other than purely academic learning? Can I create machine learning algorithms using octave?

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Press Cmd+Shift+P (or Ctrl+Shift+P) and search for "Preferences: Open Settings (JSON)". Then add the following entry to the settings file:

"terminal.integrated.env.windows": {
    "PATH": "C:\\Octave\\Octave-5.2.0\\mingw64\\bin"
  }

Then you'll be able to type "octave" in the terminal to access the octave shell

Note: "C:\Octave\Octave-5.2.0\mingw64\bin" is the path where octave is installed for me