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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<refentry version="5.0-subset Scilab" xml:id="sym_addVar" xml:lang="en"
+					xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+					xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+					xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+					xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
+					xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"
+					xmlns:db="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
+
+	<refnamediv>
+		<refname>sym_addVar</refname>
+		<refpurpose>Add a new variable</refpurpose>
+	</refnamediv>
+
+	<refsynopsisdiv>
+		<title>Calling Sequence</title>
+		<synopsis>sym_addVar(coeff,lower,upper,obj,isInt,name)</synopsis>
+	</refsynopsisdiv>
+
+	<refsection>
+		<title>Description</title>
+
+		<para>This function adds a new variable from scratch.</para>
+
+	</refsection>
+
+	<refsection>
+		<title>Arguments</title>
+
+		<variablelist>
+			<varlistentry>
+				<term>coeff</term>
+				<listitem><para>Sparse matrix representing coefficients of the new variable in the existing constraints (must have 1 column and number of rows equal to number of constraints)</para></listitem>
+			</varlistentry>
+			<varlistentry>
+				<term>lower</term>
+				<listitem><para>Lower bound of the new variable</para></listitem>
+			</varlistentry>
+			<varlistentry>
+				<term>upper</term>
+				<listitem><para>Upper bound of the new variable</para></listitem>
+			</varlistentry>
+			<varlistentry>
+				<term>obj</term>
+				<listitem><para>Coefficient of the variable in the objective function</para></listitem>
+			</varlistentry>
+			<varlistentry>
+				<term>isInt</term>
+				<listitem><para>Wether the variable is constrainted to be an integer (boolean %t or %f)</para></listitem>
+			</varlistentry>
+			<varlistentry>
+				<term>name</term>
+				<listitem><para>Name of the new variable</para></listitem>
+			</varlistentry>
+		</variablelist>
+
+	</refsection>
+
+	<refsection>
+		<title>Return value</title>
+		
+		<para>Returns 0</para>
+
+	</refsection>
+
+	<refsection>
+		<title>Examples</title>
+
+		<programlisting role="example">sym_addVar(sparse([0;0;1;2;0;0]),0,%inf,1.2,%t,"part1")</programlisting>
+
+	</refsection>
+
+	<refsection>
+		<title>Authors</title>
+
+		<simplelist type="vert">
+			<member>Keyur Joshi</member>
+
+		</simplelist>
+	</refsection>
+</refentry>
+