Re: lookup function

[Paul Kienzle]

Indeed you are right. It is fixed now in CVS.

Thanks,

        - Paul

On Aug 1, 2005, at 11:30 AM, Claudio Belotti wrote:

> help of function "lookup" states:
>
> << To get an index value which lies within an interval of the table 
> use:
>      idx = lookup(table(2:length(table)-1), y) - 1
> This puts values before the table into the first interval, and values
> after the table into the last interval. >>
>
>
> am I wrong or this should be "+ 1"?
>
> idx = lookup(table(2:length(table)-1), y) + 1
>                                          ^^^
>
> octave:1> table = 1:5
> table =
>
>   1  2  3  4  5
>
> octave:2> idx = lookup(table(2:length(table)-1), 0) + 1
> idx = 1
> octave:3> idx = lookup(table(2:length(table)-1), 2.5) + 1
> idx = 2
> octave:4> idx = lookup(table(2:length(table)-1), 15) + 1
> idx = 4
>
>
>
> Claudio
>
>
>
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