newline in strread format

[John W. Eaton]

I think the following should work, but it's throwing an error:

  octave:1> [a, b, c] = strread ("1 2 3\n4 5 6\n7 8 9\n", "%f %f %f\n")
  strread: FORMAT does not match data
  error: called from 'strread' in file 
/home/jwe/src/octave-stable/scripts/io/strread.m near line 745, column 13
  error: called from:
  error:   /home/jwe/src/octave-stable/scripts/io/strread.m at line 
755, column 9

I took a look at strread.m but I'm not sure what the right approach is
for a fix.  It appears to me that newlines are removed from the string
and that it is split on the field delimiter.  But the newline
character remains in the list of format specifiers.

I noticed the problem in the stable sources, but it seems to also be
present in the current sources on the default branch.

Any clues would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

jwe