Re: [OctDev] result from function problem

[David B. <Dav...@mo...>]

The problem was reported already in the thread.

http://www.octave.org/mailing-lists/bug-octave/2004/294
http://www.octave.org/mailing-lists/bug-octave/2004/295
http://www.octave.org/mailing-lists/bug-octave/2004/298
http://www.octave.org/mailing-lists/bug-octave/2004/302
http://www.octave.org/mailing-lists/bug-octave/2004/307
http://www.octave.org/mailing-lists/bug-octave/2004/308

The conclusion, is that the problem is known, but that there is no
easy solution... Of course you're welcome to send a patch :-)

Sorry I don't know an easy workaround, though there are lots of
potential ugly workarounds to check upto a certain number of 
possible output args..

Cheers
David

According to BrI <oc...@th...> (on 05/05/04):
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm encountering a problem in Octave, and I'm wonder whether it's a bug, or
> rather just an interpretation of how some code should work.
> 
> I have a function:
> 
> function [a,b,c] = func1
> a = 100;
> b = 'fred';
> c = 300;
> 
> -------------
> 
> In Matlab:
> 
> [t{1:3}]=func1
> t =    [100]    'fred'    [300]
> 
> In Octave:
> 
> [t{1:3}]=func1
> t  =
> {
>    [1,1] [100]
>    [1,2] [100]
>    [1,3] [100]
> }
> 
> 
> So MatLab intreprets the range to mean that it should return more parameters
> into the cell, whereas Octave treats it to mean that the first parameter
> should be returned into t 3 times.
> 
> The reason I'm using this is because I'm using the function eval and I don't
> know how many parameters the function being evaluated will be returning, so
> I want to check them.  Does any body know of a good workaround in Octave?
> 
> cheers.
> 
> 
> 
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