printf() and matrices bug?

[Maarten D. de Jong]

It seems that there is a bug (or rather, unexpected feature) when using
printf() in conjunction with matrices in Octave 2.1.71. If I enter

a = rand(3)
printf("%f %f %f\n", a)

then what is printed is a.', not a. I haven't been able to find anything
relating to this issue in the mailing list archives (neither bug nor
help), hence my question: is this as intended (for example, to be
compatible with Matlab) or a bug?


With kind regards,
Maarten



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