Re: loading matrix.. no error, but undefined variable

[Alberto Simões]

Hello

The attached file, for example.

Thanks :D

On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Mike Miller <address@hidden> wrote:

On Sat, Mar 08, 2014 at 15:01:42 +0000, Alberto Simões wrote:
> Hello
>
> I am having some weirdness with octave. Just check:
>
> octave:1> load('X.txt')
> octave:2> whos
> octave:3> foo = load('X.txt')
> error: value on right hand side of assignment is undefined
>
> So, load seems to be failing. But no error is printed? That is strange.
>
> I found out there is a bug in the file (some lines have few elements), but
> shouldn't octave complain?

I guess it depends on the file. For example, if X.txt is an empty file,
or contains nothing but comment lines, I would expect load to return
with no error and nothing loaded.

Can you attach your X.txt or another file that demonstrates the problem?

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mike

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Alberto Simões

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