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Re: How to convert octave_value to string?
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John W. Eaton |
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Re: How to convert octave_value to string? |
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Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:04:53 -0400 |
On 3-Sep-2008, Jaroslav Hajek wrote:
| Consider:
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| octave:1> class (1 + 1)
| ans = double
| octave:2> class (single(1) + 1)
| ans = single
| octave:3> class (int32(1) + 1)
| ans = int32
| octave:4> class (logical(1) + 1)
| ans = double
| octave:5> class (char(1) + 1)
| ans = double
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| I bet that novices to both Matlab and Octave will think "wtf?" here...
| yeah and watch this:
| octave:6> class (logical(1) + char(1))
| ans = double
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| amazing, right?
People seem to want Octave to be a Matlab "clone", so I don't think we
get to choose this behavior. Instead, I think you can blame Cleve for
these design decisions.
jwe