Re: "which" doesn't quite work ?

[marco atzeri]

On 9/10/2012 12:04 AM, Sergei Steshenko wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> octave:7> which foo, Sample
> Sample =
> {
>    [1,1] = -0.12300
>    [1,2] =  0.23400
> }
> octave:8> which Sample, foo
> foo =
> {
>    [1,1] =  0.23400
> }
> octave:9>
> ".
>
> Please note that "help which" says "Display the type of each NAME", but both "which foo, 
> Sample", "which Sample, foo" display the type of just _one_ last item, and not of each name.
>
>
>
> Furthermore, in the same session:
>
> "
> octave:9> which "foo"
> octave:10> which foo
> octave:11> which Sample
> octave:12> which "Sample"
> ",
>
> i.e. if I specify just one name, nothing is displayed.
>
> This is octave-3.6.2.
>
> Is it supposed to be this way ?

unlikely, please open a bug
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=octave