[Fwd: Re: Loop over cell arrays.]

[Paul Thomas]

This goes in Matlab 5

mycell = { 'foo' , 1.0 , 'bar' };
for tmp = mycell ; disp( tmp ) ; end ;

but gives "error: invalid type for loop expression near .." in octave-2.1.57

Another for the "todo" list?

Paul T
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> Thu, 26 Aug 2004 14:43:59 -0700
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> version returns 2.1.36
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> thanx again, I'll upgrade later tonight.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John W. Eaton [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 2:40 PM
> To: Sean Smith
> Cc: 'Hall, Benjamin'; 'address@hidden'
> Subject: RE: Loop over cell arrays.
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> On 26-Aug-2004, Sean Smith <address@hidden> wrote:
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> | length(data)
> | ans = -1
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> | that's my problem.
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> | size(data)
> | ans =
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> |   -1  -1
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> | nothing seems to access the dimensions of this thing.
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> What version of Octave are you using?  It seems to work correctly with
> the current recommended version, 2.1.57:
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>   octave:1> x = {"foo", 1, "bar"};
>   octave:2> size (x)
>   ans =
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>     1  3
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>   octave:3> length (x)
>   ans = 3
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> jwe
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