Re: Make Octave behave more like Matlab

[Paul Roberts]

Do you know what version of Matlab is being used? I'm using 7.3 and it
does not require commas after case statements (nor can I recall any
version that did since I started using it):

> > version

ans =

7.3.0.298 (R2006b)

> > color = 'green';
> > switch color
case 'red'
disp('It is not red.');
otherwise
disp('It is not red.');
end
It is not red.

As for the quotes issue, why not use single quotes in octave?

Paul

On 2/16/07, Matthias Brennwald <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 16.02.2007, at 21:22, John W. Eaton wrote:
>
> > | 1. Strings can be defined with single or double quotes in Octave,
> > | while Matlab only accepts single quotes. For instance, this will
> > work
> > | in Octave, but not in Matlab:
> > |
> > | myString = "Hello";
> >
> > Have you reported this bug to the MathWorks?
>
> Uhm, no, mainly this is no bug. My above comment is just plain wrong.
>
> But: the below example with the switch / case statements won't work
> in Matlab if the single quotes are replaced by double quotes (Octave
> does not care). I hope this time I'm right -- I can't test because I
> don't have Matlab at the moment. I'm just forwarding the comments I
> received from a Matlab user).
>
> > | 2. switch / case statements: Matlab requires a comma after the case
> > | statements, Octave doesn't. For instance, the following will work in
> > | Octave, but not in Matlab (which requires commas after 'red' and
> > | otherwse):
> > |
> > | color = 'green';
> > | switch color
> > |     case 'red'
> > |             disp('It is red.');
> > |     otherwise
> > |             disp('It is not red.');
> > | end
>
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