[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #37918] invalid error "undefined near line"

[anonymous]

URL:
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                 Summary: invalid error "undefined near line"
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Thu 13 Dec 2012 09:11:46 PM UTC
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Yuval Lifshitz
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.6.2
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

got the following error code:

address@hidden:~/dev/economics/rania$ octave min_estimation.m 
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warning: function /usr/share/octave/packages/statistics-1.1.3/fstat.m shadows
a core library function
loading file: init_parameters.txt
22:54:40: loading files...
loading file: husbands.out
loading file: wives.out
loading moments files: wage_moments.txt, marr_fer_moments.txt,
general_moments.txt
22:54:40: initializing random shocks...
22:55:05: now running (test) parameters...
error: `ability_w_index' undefined near line 547 column 85
error: evaluating argument list element number 6
error: called from:
error:   /home/yuval/dev/economics/rania/estimation_f.m at line 546, column 7
error:   /home/yuval/dev/economics/rania/minestimation_test.m at line 5,
column 6
error:   /home/yuval/dev/economics/rania/min_estimation.m at line 39, column
11

the variable that is reported to be undefined, is actually defined in line 363
of estimation_f.m
also note that by doing a small unrelated change to the file (for example
adding an empty line) the problem goes away




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