Re: multi-line string in octave, Matlab code does not run in octave

[Nasser M. Abbasi]

On 7/9/2015 12:57 PM, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
> I am trying to run some code I wrote in Matlab under Octave. This code runs ok 
> in Matlab:
>
> ---------------------
> myString=['\n'...
> '\\section{short summary table}\n'];
> ----------------------
>
> But Octave gives syntax error
>
> -----------------------
> > octave
> GNU Octave, version 3.8.1
>
> octave:1> t.m
> parse error near line 2 of file /home/me/data/t.m
>
>     syntax error
> > > > '\\section{short summary table}\n'];
>        ^
> --------------------
>
> and
> -------------------------
> > cat t.m
> myString=['\n'...
> '\\section{short summary table}\n'];
> ---------------------
>
> Does not octave support long string continuation using ... as
> with Matlab? and if so, what would the syntax be?

Ok, I've resolved this. Octave wanted a "," between the lines,
while Matlab does not. This works in Matlab:

myString=['a'...
          'b'];

But not in Octave. So changed it to add a comma as in:

myString=['a',...
          'b'];

And now it works in both Matlab and Octave.
Case closed.

--Nasser