Re: octave "Most Wanted" feature

[John Swensen]

robert bristow-johnson wrote:
> > From: "John W. Eaton" <address@hidden>
> > Subject: Re: octave "Most Wanted" feature
> > Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:05:24 -0500
> >
> >
> > On 29-Nov-2006, robert bristow-johnson wrote:
> >
> > | > From: "John W. Eaton" <address@hidden>
> > | > Subject: Re: octave "Most Wanted" feature
> > | > Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:01:22 -0500
> > | >
> > | >
> > | > On 29-Nov-2006, robert bristow-johnson wrote:
> > | >
> > | > | (since Octave and MATLAB sorta switch the roles of columns and rows).
> > | >
> > | > What do you mean by "sorta switch the roles of columns and rows"?
> > |
> > | i mean in Octave:
> > |
> > | octave:1> A = [1 2 3;4 5 6]
> > | A =
> > |
> > |    1   2   3
> > |    4   5   6
> > |
> > | octave:2> A(4)
> > | ans =  5
> > |
> > | but in MATLAB, A(4) would be 4.
> >
> > No, it would also be 5 in Matlab.
> >     
>
> ???
>
> i don't have MATLAB here on this linux machine that i'm using at work (when i 
> get home tonight, i can check this) but i thought (simply by recollection) that 
> MATLAB unloaded contents by rows, not columns (maybe i've confused this with 
> C?).  to be wrong about this really will be a difficult neuron to rewire, but i 
> certainly admit i could be.
>
> but i don't think this changes any of the points about this Index Origin 
> extension.
>
> --
>
> r b-j                  address@hidden
>
> "Imagination is more important than knowledge."
>
>
>
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>> A = [1 2 3;4 5 6]

A =

    1     2     3
    4     5     6

>> A(4)

ans =

    5

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octave:1> A = [1 2 3;4 5 6]
A =

  1   2   3
  4   5   6

octave:2> A(4)
ans =  5
octave:3>