[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #56966] format hex displays confusingly beginning in Octave 3.8.X

[Rik]

URL:
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                 Summary: format hex displays confusingly beginning in Octave
3.8.X
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: rik5
            Submitted on: Sun 29 Sep 2019 09:41:59 AM PDT
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Regression
                  Status: Confirmed
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

This is a regression from version 3.6.4.

Sample code to reproduce


format hex
x = uint16(4)
x =  0 4


In Octave 3.6.4 and earlier, or Matlab, the result is


x = 0004


Which is expected.





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