[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #50852] Indexing undefined variable inconsistent with MATLAB

[Ceral Paquet]

URL:
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                 Summary: Indexing undefined variable inconsistent with MATLAB
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: octavebugs
            Submitted on: Sat 22 Apr 2017 04:24:35 PM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.2.1
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

In MATLAB:

>> clear; A(1:2:end) = 1;
Undefined function or variable 'A'.

>> clear; A(1:2:end);
Undefined function or variable 'A'.



In Octave:

>> clear; A(1:2:end) = 1; # works!

>> clear; A(1:2:end) # error message could be better
error: invalid use of end







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