problem with column specification in matrices

[Mike Miller]

What's the deal with this?  In command 3, you can see that octave messes
up when I do not include a comma between columns of the matrix.  A comma
seems not to be required, so this seems like a bug.  It does it at least
under 2.1.36.

--Mike


octave:1> n=[10 100 500 1000 5000 10000]'
n =

     10
    100
    500
   1000
   5000
  10000

octave:2> (1+1./n).^n
ans =

  2.5937
  2.7048
  2.7156
  2.7169
  2.7180
  2.7181

octave:3> [n (1+1./n).^n]
ans =

    1.0000e+10
   1.0000e+100
           Inf
           Inf
           Inf
           Inf

octave:4> [n, (1+1./n).^n]
ans =

   1.0000e+01   2.5937e+00
   1.0000e+02   2.7048e+00
   5.0000e+02   2.7156e+00
   1.0000e+03   2.7169e+00
   5.0000e+03   2.7180e+00
   1.0000e+04   2.7181e+00



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