[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #54679] datenum accepts a matrix, which is undocumented

[anonymous]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54679>

                 Summary: datenum accepts a matrix, which is undocumented
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Tue 18 Sep 2018 01:54:58 PM UTC
                Category: Documentation
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Documentation
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.4.1
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

    _______________________________________________________

Details:

datenum() accepts not only single values, but also a matrix of values to
convert as an argument. This capability is undocumented.

The manual should state that all arguments to the function: YEAR, MONTH, DAY,
HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND can be either numbers or arrays, and the result will
correspondently be a number or an array:


octave> datenum(2018,9,7)
ans =  737310
octave> datenum(2018,9,[7 6])
ans =
   737310   737309


This is also true of the DATEVEC argument:


octave> datenum(datevec(datenum(2018,9,7)))
ans =  737310
octave> datenum([datevec(datenum(2018,9,7)); datevec(datenum(2018,9,6))])
ans =
   737310
   737309





    _______________________________________________________

Reply to this item at:

  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54679>

_______________________________________________
  Message sent via Savannah
  https://savannah.gnu.org/