[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #42523] sortrows: only cell arrays of character strings may be sorted error

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                 Summary: sortrows: only cell arrays of character strings may
be sorted error
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Sun 08 Jun 2014 01:41:31 PM UTC
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Rick T
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.8.1
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

Sortrows seems to be working differently in matlab then in octave.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24099275/what-type-of-array-should-i-use-to-combine-numerical-values-and-string-values-an/24099387?noredirect=1#comment37183633_24099387

Here's the code that should work but it seems to come back with an error 

"error: sortrows: only cell arrays of character strings may be sorted
error: called from:
error:   /usr/share/octave/3.8.1/m/general/sortrows.m at line 62, column 7"


Here's an example
>> myCell = {1, 2, 'filename1';
             3, 4, 'filename2';
             5, 6, 'filename3'};

>> array = flipud(sortrows(myCell, 1)) %// "1" => col. "flipud" => descending
ans = 
    [5]    [6]    'filename3'
    [3]    [4]    'filename2'
    [1]    [2]    'filename1'

>> array(1,1)
ans = 
    [5]

>> array(3,3)
ans = 
    'filename1'




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