rearranging vectors/matrices

[Ferdinand Schinagl]

Hi there,

the following concerns debian's most
recent package of octave-2.0.13
(debian release hamm-2r2):

I can rearrange vectors by using e.g.:
x(:)
in matlab 5.2.x,
however octave does not mimic this behaviour
in all details. Though it's possible to do

octave:1> x=[1,2,3]
x =

  1  2  3

octave:2> a(:)=x
a =

  1
  2
  3
     
it does not work for, regardless of what
"prefer_column_vectors" is set to, doing:

octave:3> x(:)=x
x =

  1  2  3

octave:4> x(:)
ans =

  1  2  3 

However matlab(tm) yields:

>> x

x =

     1     2     3

>> x(:)

ans =

     1
     2
     3  

Is there a way to enable this feature?
Are there any concerns?

Sorry, don't know wether I'm still on the
list, so please also mail me directly - thanks!

Best regards,
Ferdinand