[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #45510] multi-line string in octave requires a comma

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URL:
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                 Summary: multi-line string in octave requires a comma
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Thu 09 Jul 2015 08:36:22 PM UTC
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Nasser M. Abbasi
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.0.0
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

This works in Matlab 2015a

myString=['a'...
           'b'];

But gives syntax error in Octave.  

parse error:
  syntax error
>>> 'b'];
    ^

Solution is to rewrite it by adding a comma as separator, as in

myString=['a',...
           'b'];

Now it works the same on Matlab and Octave. Since comma is not required in
Matlab, this is an incompatibility issue.

Thanks,
--Nasser





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