Re: different number of leading spaces for odd/even indices in screen output

[Sergei Steshenko]

----- Original Message -----
> From: Max Brister <address@hidden>
> To: Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden>
> Cc: Octave users list <address@hidden>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 9:04 PM
> Subject: Re: different number of leading spaces for odd/even indices in 
> screen output
> 
[snip]
> It looks to me like the number of spaces depends on the longest number
> being printed. For example, try 'foo = 1:11' and 'foo = 1:8'. I 
> think
> this makes sense and is expected as it makes the formatting for
> matrices nicer.
> 
> Max
>

How is it related to the leading spaces ?

Are numbers in columns supposed to be right-justified or left-justified ?


Thanks,
  Sergei.