[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #38446] sym2poly fails

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URL:
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                 Summary: sym2poly fails
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Thu 28 Feb 2013 09:28:23 PM UTC
                Category: Octave Forge Package
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Nick Bailey
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.6.2
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

The octave-forge symbolic package function sym2poly does not produce correct
results when invoked as per its help documentation. The package was installed
on debian wheezy using apt-get. Transcript:


symbols
x=sym("x");
sym2poly (x^2+3*x-4)


This yields the error:


error: can't perform indexing operations for ex type
error: called from:
error:   /usr/share/octave/packages/symbolic-1.1.0/sym2poly.m at line 99,
column 9





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