Re: This cant be right! Was String Manipulations

[Ted Harding]

( Re Message From: John Utz )
> HI again this is just too weird
> 
> function fig ( functionname)
> 
> % create the name of the file.
> prestring = strcat ( functionname, ".fig" )
> prefilenamestr = strcat ( """", prestring )
> filenamestr = strcat ( prefilenamestr, """" ) 
> 
> OUTPUT: is this how this is supposed to work?
> 
> octave:16> fig ("foo")
> prestring = foo.fig
> prefilenamestr = "foo.fig
> filenamestr = "foo.fig"
> octave:17>  

Am I misunderstanding, or would

name = strcat("\"foo",".fig\"")

do what you want?

Cheers,
Ted.                                    (address@hidden)