From help-request at octave dot org Wed Mar 15 18:38:30 2006
Subject: Re: How do I paste code at the Octave prompt?
From: Bill Denney <denney at seas dot upenn dot edu>
To: Keith Goodman <kwgoodman at gmail dot com>
cc: Octave-Help <help at octave dot org>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:37:22 -0500 (EST)

The problem is that your code includes a tab.  The tab starts tab 
completion.  Try changing your editor's preferences so that it inserts 8 
spaces instead of a tab.

Bill

On Wed, 15 Mar 2006, Keith Goodman wrote:

> I often evaluate snippets of code by pasting the snippet into the
> command window.
>
> Pasting this works:
>
> for i = 1:10
>    disp(i)
> end
>
> But pasting this doesn't work:
>
> for i = 1:10
>    if i > 4
>        disp(i)
>    end
> end
>
> I get
>
>>> for i = 1:10
>> if i > 4
>>
> Display all 2165 possibilities? (y or n)
>> d
>> end
>
>
>
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