[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #45047] textread.m: n lines used as repeat count in strread

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                 Summary: textread.m: n lines used as repeat count in strread
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Thu 07 May 2015 04:09:37 PM UTC
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.8.2
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

"The optional input n specifies the number of data lines to read; in this
sense it differs slightly from the format repeat count in strread."

While n is being utilized as the nlines argument in textread it is also being
passed into strread as the repeat count since the argument is never removed
from varargin.

A simple fix would be to change the function signature such that nlines is an
explicit argument initialized to INF and not passing in n as the first
varargin element.




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