scanf wierdness

[John W. Eaton]

On  9-Sep-1999, Alex Stark <address@hidden> wrote:

| Help!
| 
| I just don't understand this:
| 
| octave:79> sscanf('L02282     GGGAACTAGA ACGATTCGCA GTTAATCCTG
| CCCTGTTAGA AACATCAGAA','%1s',1)
| ans = L
| 
| octave:80> sscanf('L02282     GGGAACTAGA ACGATTCGCA GTTAATCCTG
| CCCTGTTAGA AACATCAGAA','%2s',1)
| ans = L
|
| ...

This looks like a bug to me.  Since the fix involves a relatively
large patch, I won't post it here.  But I did just post a copy of it
to the bug-octave mailing list, which you can access via the Octave
web site at http://www.che.wisc.edu/octave/archive.html.

Thanks,

jwe



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