extracting rows from empty matrix

[John W. Eaton]

On 11-Apr-1998, Stef Pillaert <address@hidden> wrote:

| it seems that it's not allowed to extract a row from an empty matrix, or am
| I wrong?
| 
| octave:1> test=zeros(2,0)
| test = [](2x0)
| octave:2> A= test(1,:)
| error: invalid column index = 0
| error: evaluating index expression near line 2, column 1
| 
| Would it be against the rules of working with empty matrices if this gave:
| 
| A = [](1x0)
| 
| or are actions like this too 'dangerous' (because what to do with something
| like test(1,0), would it be [](1x0) also?)
| 
| (The reason I'm asking this, is that I do something like 
| 
| matrix_1(1,:)=[matrix_2(1,:),matrix_3(1,:)]
| 
| where matrix_3 might sometimes be an [](2x0) matrix, and sometimes it is
| not.).
| 
| Any comments?

It looks like a bug to me.  Please try the following patch.

Thanks,

jwe


Tue Apr 14 14:41:30 1998  John W. Eaton  <address@hidden>

        * Array2-idx.h (index): Allow x = zeros (2, 0); x(1,:) to work.


*** liboctave/Array2-idx.h~     Mon Jan 19 16:23:37 1998
--- liboctave/Array2-idx.h      Tue Apr 14 14:59:58 1998
***************
*** 173,178 ****
--- 173,180 ----
            retval.resize (0, 0);
          else if (idx_j.is_colon_equiv (nc, 1))
            retval.resize (0, nc);
+         else if (idx_i.is_colon_equiv (nr, 1))
+           retval.resize (0, m);
          else
            (*current_liboctave_error_handler) ("invalid row index = 0");
        }
***************
*** 182,187 ****
--- 184,191 ----
            retval.resize (0, 0);
          else if (idx_i.is_colon_equiv (nr, 1))
            retval.resize (nr, 0);
+         else if (idx_j.is_colon_equiv (nc, 1))
+           retval.resize (n, 0);
          else
            (*current_liboctave_error_handler) ("invalid column index = 0");
        }