[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #38317] Textread gives different results in MATLAB and Octave

[anonymous]

URL:
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                 Summary: Textread gives different results in MATLAB and
Octave
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Tue 12 Feb 2013 05:03:17 PM UTC
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

Hello.

(The file deaths.txt is attached.)

If i issue the following command in MATLAB, I get this result:

>> textread('deaths.txt', '', 'headerlines', 3)

ans =

         0    5.6900    4.3700
    1.0000    0.5800    0.5900
    2.0000    0.4300    0.4200
    3.0000    0.3100    0.2900
    4.0000    0.2300    0.2100
    5.0000    0.1800    0.1500
    6.0000    0.1500    0.1200
    7.0000    0.1500    0.1000
    8.0000    0.1500    0.1000
    9.0000    0.1700    0.0600
   10.0000    0.2000    0.0600
   11.0000    0.1900    0.0800
   12.0000    0.2000    0.0900
   13.0000    0.2600    0.1400
   14.0000    0.3000    0.1800
   15.0000    0.4400    0.2500
   16.0000    0.5900    0.2700
   17.0000    0.7500    0.2900
   18.0000    0.8600    0.3400
   19.0000    0.8600    0.3500
   20.0000    0.8300    0.3500
   21.0000    0.8200    0.3100
   22.0000    0.8100    0.2700
   23.0000    0.8300    0.2700
   24.0000    0.8600    0.2700
...

In Octave however, I get this result:

octave:1> textread('deaths.txt', '', 'headerlines', 3)
ans =

     0.00000
     5.69000
     4.37000
     1.00000
     0.58000
     0.59000
     2.00000
     0.43000
     0.42000
     3.00000
     0.31000
     0.29000
     4.00000
     0.23000
     0.21000
     5.00000
     0.18000
     0.15000
     6.00000
     0.15000
     0.12000
     7.00000
     0.15000
     0.10000
     8.00000
     0.15000
     0.10000
     9.00000
     0.17000
     0.06000
    10.00000
     0.20000
     0.06000
    11.00000
     0.19000
...

Is this a bug or a feature? Should they behave the same?

Thank you.



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Date: Tue 12 Feb 2013 05:03:17 PM UTC  Name: deaths.txt  Size: 4kB   By: None

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=27451>

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