[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #48797] cell(0, 1) errors instead of producing empty cell array

[Nicholas Jankowski]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?48797>

                 Summary: cell(0,1) errors instead of producing empty cell
array
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: nrjank
            Submitted on: Tue 16 Aug 2016 02:27:03 PM GMT
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Nicholas Jankowski
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.0.3
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:

in octave 4.0.3:
In Octave 4.0.3:

>> cell(0,1)
error: subscript indices must be either positive integers less than 2^31 or
logicals

>> num2cell(ones(0,1))
ans = {}(0x1)


in matlab 2016a:

>> cell(0,1)
ans = 
   Empty cell array: 0-by-1

>> num2cell(ones(0,1))
ans = 
   Empty cell array: 0-by-1






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