[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #42341] strrep() matlab compatibility when output is empty

[sergey plotnikov]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?42341>

                 Summary: strrep() matlab compatibility when output is empty
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: nul0m
            Submitted on: Mon 12 May 2014 04:19:03 PM GMT
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.8.1
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

There's a difference between Matlab's and Octave's dimensions of output when
result is supposed to be an empty string.

See the following example:


>> size(strrep('a','a','')) % Octave
ans =
   1   0

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>> size(strrep('a','a','')) % Matlab
ans =
     0     0



Matlab's result is more consistent with the result of _size()_ for an empty
string which is actual output of strrep() above.


>> size('') % both -- Octave and ML
ans =
     0     0





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