Re: do_fortran_indexing within functions

[Geraint Paul Bevan]

Quentin Spencer wrote:
> There are probably many ways of doing this. Here's my solution:
>
> function [out]  = octave();
> %%% detect Octave vs. MATLAB
> tmp     = version;
> if(tmp(1)=='2') out     = 1;
> else            out     = 0;
> end
>
> I put this function in my path so both programs see it, and I use the 
> statement if(octave) in my code to determine which program I'm in when I 
> need it. You'll notice I'm querying the version number. That means this 
> will break in the unlikely scenario that you are using a version 1.x of 
> octave or 2.x of Matlab (both very old versions). That also means you 
> would need to modify this when a 3.x series of octave is released someday.
>
> regards,
> Quentin

Alternatively, a test for the existence of the builtin variable 
OCTAVE_VERSION should work regardless of changes in version number

function f = is_octave()
  if exist ('OCTAVE_VERSION')
    f = 1;
  else
    f = 0;
end

Geraint.



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