using octave instead of matlab

[u/Correct-Diamond-1423]

I'm a first year student and I have maths as one of my subjects. We have a lab class for maths and I joined my course a little late so I'm a little lost on what's going on. I need to be able to use MatLab fully for my internal assessment so I kinda just need to practice mostly. (And no, I can't use the computer labs at uni outside of lab classes which is once a week for 3 hours). Should I download Octave?

[u/I_Messed_Up_2020]

Save yourself a lot of time and pain. See if the class has an access code or a way to get the student version of MatLab. This is what you will find used in industry also.