Strings in Octave and Matlab

[Matthias Brennwald]

Dear all

I am confused about the way strings are used in Octave and Matlab:

1. With Matlab 7.5.0.338 (R2007b)
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>> str = 'some string'
str =
some string

>> str = "some string"
??? str = "some string"
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2. With Octave 3.0.3
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octave-3.0.3:1> str = 'some string'
str = some string

octave-3.0.3:2> str = "some string"
str = some string
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Is Octave just a bit more tolerant than Matlab about the way strings  
are made? Is there a way to force Octave to behave the same as Matlab  
(to force me to write code that works with Matlab, too)?

Matthias