[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #42400] examples in documentation for strsplit do not work. Alternate implementation does

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                 Summary: examples in documentation for strsplit do not work.
Alternate implementation does
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Wed 21 May 2014 03:45:03 PM UTC
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Documentation
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Barry Solomon
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.6.4
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:

I was trying to split a string into individual strings. I followed the
documentation and it did not work. So I tried copying and pasting the example
and that did not work either. Then I made a change and it worked. see the
examples below.

Example from documentation:
https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/Manipulating-Strings.html

octave:54> strsplit ("a,,b, c", {",", " "}, false)
error: strsplit: S and SEP must be string values
error: called from:
error:   C:OctaveOctave3.6.4_gcc4.6.2shareoctave3.6.4mstringsstrsplit.m at
line 59, column 5

I changed the braces to brackets and it worked:
octave:54> strsplit ("a,,b, c", [",", " "], false)
ans =
{
  [1,1] = a
  [1,2] =
  [1,3] = b
  [1,4] =
  [1,5] = c
}

Not sure if this is an Octave problem or somehow just a problem with my
system. I am using a windows seven machine and gcc4.6.2



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