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Re: format: what is loose anc compact?
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Søren Hauberg |
Subject: |
Re: format: what is loose anc compact? |
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Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:21:44 +0100 |
tor, 06 11 2008 kl. 08:56 +0100, skrev Francesco Potorti`:
> In the 'format' help string I read:
>
> `compact'
> Remove extra blank space around column number labels.
>
> `loose'
> Insert blank lines above and below column number labels (this
> is the default).
>
> but I do not know what are "column number labels", nor do I see any
> difference when trying these.
>
> What do they mean?
octave:2> rand (2, 10)
ans =
Columns 1 through 7:
0.330085 0.192145 0.024844 0.890885 0.677093 0.190281
0.640371
0.536436 0.765884 0.410657 0.456414 0.294953 0.422953
0.109881
Columns 8 through 10:
0.534094 0.219350 0.679449
0.517621 0.374168 0.617327
octave:3> format compact
octave:4> rand (2, 10)
ans =
Columns 1 through 8:
0.67664 0.53995 0.73210 0.64907 0.15698 0.23881 0.67213
0.60526
0.13132 0.95384 0.98529 0.22103 0.10205 0.39779 0.72287
0.46085
Columns 9 and 10:
0.84061 0.34710
0.94088 0.22318
I guess "column number labels" are texts such as "Columns 1 through 8:".
The difference between the two formats seem to be new line before and
after the column number labels.
Søren