Re: implicit_str_to_num_ok=1

[Joao Cardoso]

Daniel Heiserer wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I try to write my code non-braindead compatible
> IN ORDER TO POSTE IT TO THE SOURCE LIST, not for my own!
> There are some non-braindead features which make me
> really sick.
> 
> Does anybody in this list runs with "implicit_str_to_num_ok=0"
> or lets say *REALLY* *NEEDS* "implicit_str_to_num_ok=0".

There are others. My last battle:

   setstr(postpad(toascii("Visual"), length(fmt2), toascii(" ")))

or:

   a = vi(ix(i),2:num_cav+1);
   a = ((a==1)*120 + (a==0)*46);
   fprintf(fout, fmt1, a);

Hey! looks like Octave is a numeric computation tool!

Joao


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