[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #45976] ctime and asctime add a trailing newline character to the return value

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URL:
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                 Summary: ctime and asctime add a trailing newline character
to the return value
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Wed 16 Sep 2015 10:41:20 AM UTC
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: T Herzke
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.0.0
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

The functions "ctime" and "asctime" return a string representation of the time
argument. 

The documentation of both functions suggests that there will be neither
leading nor trailing white space. Documentation excerpt:

     ctime (time ())
             => "Mon Feb 17 01:15:06 1997"

However, the return value contains a newline as the last character.

Either the functions should be modified to not append the newline character,
or the documentation should be altered to indicate that the return values will
end in a newline.

To my knowledge, matlab does not implement these functions, so matlab
compatibility should not be a concern in resolving this issue.





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