Re: octave 3.2.4 - sprintf error message

[Thomas Weber]

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 11:42:09AM +0200, address@hidden wrote:
> Dear Users,
> 
> we like to switch in the near future from Version 3.0.5 to 3.2.4 and getting 
> an error message in the early tests with 3.2.4.

I suggest going directly to the 3.3 series (which should become stable
in the not too distant future). There won't be any more releases in the
3.2 series.

> 
> We are using the following script in 3.0.5 and 3.2.4:
> 
> # cat rwu_test_sprintf.m 
> 1
> 2 VL_STIEL_LINIE_ROH=  ["a";"b";"c"];
> 3 
> 4 VL_STIEL_LINIE=cellstr(VL_STIEL_LINIE_ROH);
> 5
> 6
> 7 VL_TEST=sprintf("String ->%s<-",VL_STIEL_LINIE(2))
> 
> After executing the script in 3.0.5 we get this result: VL_TEST = String ->b<-
> 
> In 3.2.4 we get this error:
> 
> error: sprintf: wrong type argument `cell'
> error: called from:
> error:   ./rwu_test_sprintf.m at line 7, column 8
> 
> (I added the line numbers above in the script for better reference to the 
> error message)
> 
> Anyone have an idea what's the problem?

VL_STIEL_LINIE is a cell array, so you must access its second element as 
        VL_STIEL_LINIE{2} 
(mind the braces) or convert it explicitely:
        cell2mat(VL_STIEL_LINIE(2))

        Thomas