[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #32863] x.y.z syntax for structure fails ("scalar cannot be indexed with .")

[Rik]

Update of bug #32863 (project octave):

                  Status:               Need Info => Invalid                
             Open/Closed:                    Open => Closed                 

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Follow-up Comment #6:

If you're goal was to mimic a hash-like structure you can arrange to do that
by careful ordering of assignments.  See below.


tmp_struct.a = 1;
tmp_struct.b = 2;
x.label1 = tmp_struct;
tmp_struct.a = 3;
tmp_struct.b = 4;
x.label2 = tmp_struct;
x
x =

  scalar structure containing the fields:

    label1 =

      scalar structure containing the fields:

        a =  1
        b =  2

    label2 =

      scalar structure containing the fields:

        a =  3
        b =  4


Also, you might want to be aware of the () notation which allows you to use
variables in place of explicit labels.  For example,

label = 'hello';
a.(label) = 'world';
a =

  scalar structure containing the fields:

    hello = world





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