Re: Make Octave behave more like Matlab

[Paul Roberts]

oops, there was a bug in my example, here is the correct one:

> > color = 'green';
> > switch color
case 'red'
disp('It is red.');
otherwise
disp('It is not red.');
end
It is not red.

Here is what I get if I try to use double quotes:

color = "green";
??? color = "green";
           |
Error: The input character is not valid in MATLAB statements or expressions.

Paul

On 2/16/07, Paul Roberts <address@hidden> wrote:
> Do you know what version of Matlab is being used? I'm using 7.3 and it
> does not require commas after case statements (nor can I recall any
> version that did since I started using it):
>
> >>version
>
> ans =
>
> 7.3.0.298 (R2006b)
>
> >> color = 'green';
> >> switch color
> case 'red'
> disp('It is not red.');
> otherwise
> disp('It is not red.');
> end
> It is not red.
>
> As for the quotes issue, why not use single quotes in octave?
>
> Paul
>
> On 2/16/07, Matthias Brennwald <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > On 16.02.2007, at 21:22, John W. Eaton wrote:
> >
> > > | 1. Strings can be defined with single or double quotes in Octave,
> > > | while Matlab only accepts single quotes. For instance, this will
> > > work
> > > | in Octave, but not in Matlab:
> > > |
> > > | myString = "Hello";
> > >
> > > Have you reported this bug to the MathWorks?
> >
> > Uhm, no, mainly this is no bug. My above comment is just plain wrong.
> >
> > But: the below example with the switch / case statements won't work
> > in Matlab if the single quotes are replaced by double quotes (Octave
> > does not care). I hope this time I'm right -- I can't test because I
> > don't have Matlab at the moment. I'm just forwarding the comments I
> > received from a Matlab user).
> >
> > > | 2. switch / case statements: Matlab requires a comma after the case
> > > | statements, Octave doesn't. For instance, the following will work in
> > > | Octave, but not in Matlab (which requires commas after 'red' and
> > > | otherwse):
> > > |
> > > | color = 'green';
> > > | switch color
> > > |     case 'red'
> > > |             disp('It is red.');
> > > |     otherwise
> > > |             disp('It is not red.');
> > > | end
> >
> > Matthias
> >
> >
> >
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