Re: error while running huffmandict

[Carnë Draug]

On 2 May 2012 13:01, Érico Porto <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to run a single line here:
>
> octave:1> version
> ans = 3.2.4
> octave:2> huffmandict([1 2],[0.9 0.1])
> error: invalid assignment to cs-list outside multiple assignment.
> error: assignment to cell array failed
> error: assignment failed, or no method for `<unknown type> = null_matrix'
> error: called from:
> error:   /usr/share/octave/packages/3.2/communications-1.0.10/huffmandict.m
> at line 118, column 15
>
> I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 and default octave from apt-get. This runs
>
> uname -a
> Linux erico-OptiPlex-GX270 3.0.0-17-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Thu Mar 8
> 17:34:21 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>
> Regards
>
> Érico V. Porto

Hi Érico,

this functions belongs to an octave package (communications) so you
should have reported it to the octave-forge mailing list. Anyway,
you're using a quite old version of octave and communications package.
With octave 3.6.1 and communications 1.1.1 I don't get any error:

> huffmandict([1 2],[0.9 0.1])
ans =
{
  [1,1] = 0
  [1,2] =  1
}


You should upgrade.
Carnë