problem with non-sorted indices in l.h. sides of assignements

[Mario Storti]

(Octave 2.0.5 in Linux/Pentium an Digital Unix/Alpha.)

Is this a bug? Should the vector of indices be sorted in the left hand
side of an assignment?

> octave> a=(1:10)'
> a =
> 
>    1
>    2
>    3
>    4
>    5
>    6
>    7
>    8
>    9
>   10
> 
> octave> a([1 3 2])=[]
> a =
> 
>    2
>    4
>    5
>    6
>    7
>    8
>    9
>   10
> 
> octave> 
> 

But if I sort the index vector the second element also is eliminated:

>  octave> a([1 2 3])=[]
> a =
> 
>    4
>    5
>    6
>    7
>    8
>    9
>   10
> 


I expected that the result should be independent of the sorting of the
index vector. (I'm not sure but I think that Matlab works this way.) I
read the chapter  "Assignment Ops" in the on-line  manual and it isn't
explicitly stated that the index vector has to be sorted.

Mario

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