Re: [OctDev] Implementation of importdata belonging to Octave Core or Octave-Forge?

[Philip Nienhuis]

Erik Kjellson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Now I have uploaded my implementation here:
> https://sourceforge.net/p/octave/feature-requests/41/
>
> I've noticed that a lot of function files have some kind of tests in the
> end of the file. I guess that you use them to check that you haven't
> introduced any logic error in the code when modifying it?
> I did find this page: http://wiki.octave.org/Tests
> But I guess I need to fake input from a fake file in some way, is there
> anywhere I can read more on how to do that?


Most of core Octave's function m-files have tests, so there are tons of 
examples.

Simply take a look at all the functions in
..../share/octave/<version>/m/<package>/....

Philip