Re: cell-array display in class

[Oliver Heimlich]

On 26.04.2015 22:35, Colin Macdonald wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I like how Octave displays cell arrays.  Is it possible to enable the
> `[i,j] = ` display in my own class?  If so, how?  If not, I'll file a
> bug to improve on the status quo shown below.
>
> Example: good:
>
> > >> C = {1 2; 3 4}
> > C =
> > {
> >   [1,1] =  1
> >   [2,1] =  3
> >   [1,2] =  2
> >   [2,2] =  4
> > }
>
> Not so good:
>
> > >> pkg load symbolic
> > >> pkg load interval
> >
> > >> C(2,1) = sym('x')
> > C =
> > {
> >   [1,1] =  1
> > (sym) x
> >   [1,2] =  2
> >   [2,2] =  4
> > }
> > >> C(2,2) = infsup(0,5)
> > C =
> > {
> >   [1,1] =  1
> > (sym) x
> >   [1,2] =  2
> > [0, 5]
> > }

Colin,

I just debugged into the display method. If inputname(1) is an empty 
string, the method could use the variable “argn” to get the coordinates 
within the cell array and produce the desired output.

Oliver