Re: save function

[Robert A. Macy]

My two cents...

Leave alone save function

I have not experienced any problems with it.  If I don't
want the header, I throw it away.  

As far as single variable save goes, I save lots of single
variable files using ascii format each file named
differently based upon some mnemonic reference to the data
origin.  However EVERY file uses the same name for the
variable - saves me time when I use it.  

simple recovery line of 

load -force "filenamerelatedtoneed.txt";

and it puts the variable right where I want it.  

I like the -ascii mode for single variable because
sometimes I need to examine the file with a text editor
looking for certain comparisons.  

         - Robert -

On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 17:29:25 +0100
 Francesco Potorti` <address@hidden> wrote:
> >octave> a = [1 2 3];
> >octave> b = [4;5;6];
> >octave> save -ascii both a b
> >octave> save -ascii just_a a
> >
> >$ cat both
> ># Created by Octave 2.1.64, Tue Mar 08 15:36:56 2005 GMT
> 
> ><address@hidden>
> ># name: a
> ># type: matrix
> ># rows: 1
> ># columns: 3
> >  1 2 3
> ># name: b
> ># type: matrix
> ># rows: 3
> ># columns: 1
> >  4
> >  5
> >  6
> >
> >$ cat just_a
> >  1 2 3
> 
> I would like this behaviour a lot.  I understand it is
> incompatible, but
> I think it is worth the inconvenience.
> 
> The reason why it is worth the inconvenience is that an
> incompatible
> behaviour is a problem when it breaks a program, not when
> it breaks
> interactive behaviour, and I think that programs don't
> normally rely on
> a saved ascii file with a single variable to contain the
> name of the
> variable: if a program saves a single variable for
> reading it
> afterwards, it is likely to save it in binary format, nad
> moreover it is
> likely to use a for the file the same name of the
> variable.
> 
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