Re: Loading .csv files

[Mike Miller]

On Mon, 16 May 2005, John W. Eaton wrote:

> Octave does not search the loadpath for data files (the load in loadpath 
> refers to loading .m files, not data files).  Perhaps it should, for 
> compatibility?

If that's what MATLAB does, it sounds like a reasonable plan.  If you want 
to improve on MATLAB functionality without harming compatibility, maybe 
you could have a datapath in addition to the loadpath, but have the 
datapath be set by default to equal the loadpath.  That way, new users 
have MATLAB functionality by default, but Octave would be superior in 
flexibility/extensibility.

Mike



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