[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #50305] new feature not documented: 10_000

[Rik]

Update of bug #50305 (project octave):

                Severity:               2 - Minor => 3 - Normal             
                Priority:                 3 - Low => 5 - Normal             
              Item Group:           Documentation => None                   

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Follow-up Comment #2:

It is dcumented in the NEWS which is a list of important, visible changes to
Octave made in the current release.  You can see the NEWS by typing 'news' at
the prompt.  The feature you mention is the first listed change.


Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.2:
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 ** The parser has been extended to accept, but ignore, underscore
    characters in numbers.  This facilitates writing more legible code
    by using '_' as a thousands separator or to group nibbles into bytes
    in hex constants.

    Examples: 1_000_000 == 1e6  or  0xDE_AD_BE_EF



It should also be documented somewhere in the manual.

Suggested language and a location in the manual would be welcome.


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