[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #45047] textread.m: n lines used as repeat count in strread

[Philip Nienhuis]

Update of bug #45047 (project octave):

             Assigned to:                    None => philipnienhuis         

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Follow-up Comment #2:

@OP: in principle you're right, but the issue lies a bit deeper.

Currently it is as Matlab compatible as can reasonable be (except for another
related bug I saw in strread.m), in the sense that for format strings
referencing at most one line of the data file it is fully ML-compatible.
For format strings referring to more lines, some 2-way communication is
required between strread.m and textread.m (& textscan.m); I had such a beast
working some years ago but it was ugly code and hard to maintain so I opted
for the current solution.

Anyway I think that I'd rather clarify the help text than follow your
suggestion.

In the mean time I spotted a few other issues. I'll look into all of it (incl.
bug #45046) a little later this week.

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