Re: varargout{:} = func() ?

[Jaroslav Hajek]

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 1:59 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Feb 23, 2010, at 7:43 PM, WS wrote:
>
>> Has this notation been implemented in octave yet?
>>
>> Tx
>
> hmmm ... if you mean something like what is below, then yes.
>
> function varargout = foobar ( )
>  for n = 1:numel(nargout)
>    varargout{n} = n;
>  end
> end
>
> In this instance "varargout" has a special meaning.
>
> If you mean, something like what is below, then that doesn't work with 3.2.x, 
> but does with Matlab.
>
>        v{:} = {rand(1,2), rand(1,3)}
>        error: invalid dimension inquiry of a non-existent value
>
> or
>
>        v{:} = rand(1,2)
>        error: invalid dimension inquiry of a non-existent value
>
> Jarsolav, is this something that should be added to Octave?
>
> Ben
>

I don't have Matlab to try at hand. What do you think these should do?



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