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Re: sqrt(1:4)(1:2:4) -> 1.0000 1.4142 1.7321 2.0000
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Henry F. Mollet |
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Re: sqrt(1:4)(1:2:4) -> 1.0000 1.4142 1.7321 2.0000 |
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Sun, 31 Oct 2004 09:01:37 -0800 |
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Older version of octave gave the same "bothering" result, whereas using
extra [] worked and was posted previously.
Henry
[~] tcsh:11> octave
GNU Octave, version 2.1.46 (powerpc-apple-darwin6.6).
octave:1> sqrt(1:4)(1:2:4)
ans =
1.0000 1.4142 1.7321 2.0000
octave:2> [sqrt(1:4)](1:2:4)
ans =
1.0000 1.7321
on 10/31/04 6:08 AM, Joseph C. Slater at address@hidden wrote:
>
> On Oct 29, 2004, at 3:59 PM, Etienne Grossmann wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm using 2.1.57. Is this the usual/desired behavior? I have the
>> feeling that it used to be that lines 17, 19 and 20 below would all
>> give the same result, that of line 20.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Etienne
>>
>> octave:17> sqrt(1:4)(1:2:4)
>> ans =
>>
>> 1.0000 1.4142 1.7321 2.0000
>>
>
> This result bothered me, so I tried it myself and got the following:
>>> sqrt(1:4)(1:2:4)
> ans =
>
> 1.00000 1.73205
>
> Same version of Octave. Peculiar that you wouldn't get the same.
> Joe
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