[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #49536] many functions that expect a "string" silently truncate char matrix arguments (octave_value::string_value)

[Ceral Paquet]

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #49536 (project octave):

Matlab:

% added spaces to make strings the same length
>> s = [' this '; ' is a '; ' char '; 'matrix']

s =

 this 
 is a 
 char 
matrix

>> sprintf (s)

ans =

   mticahshti arsari   x
 
>> sprintf ('%s', s)

ans =

   mticahshti arsari   x

>> error (s)
   mticahshti arsari   x
 
>>  help (s)
Warning: The following error was caught while executing
'helpUtils.helpProcess' class destructor:
Input must be a row vector of characters. 
> In help (line 45) 
>> struct (s, 0)
Error using struct
Field name must be a string vector.
 
>> system (s);
Error using system
Argument must contain a string.
 
>> strrep (s, 'a', 'b')
Error using strrep
Input strings must have one row.

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