From bug-octave-request  Mon Jul 12 10:52:15 1993
Subject: prev. bug
From: A. Scottedward Hodel <Dr dot A dot Scottedward dot Hodel at eng dot auburn dot edu>
To: bug-octave
Cc: Dr dot A dot Scottedward dot Hodel at eng dot auburn dot edu
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 93 10:52:10 CDT


a(5) = 6

causes failure if a is undefined.

if a = [], then a(5) = 6 is fine.
if a is shorter than 5 elements, a(5) = 6 is fine.

It only breaks if a is undefined.

This occurs both on a sun workstation and on a dell.