From bug-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Fri Nov  6 12:10:50 1998
Subject: octave-2.1.8 bug: empty string bug
From: Joao Cardoso <jcardoso at inescn dot pt>
To: bug-octave <bug-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 12:10:32 -0600 (CST)

Hi,


octave-2.1.7:1> a=""
a = 
octave-2.1.7:2> isempty (a)
ans = 1


octave-2.1.8:1> a=""
a = 
octave-2.1.8:2> isempty (a)
ans = 0

isempty (x): return nonzero if x is an empty matrix or empty list

this does not apply to strings?

Thanks,
Joao

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