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bug #39827: "clear PATTERN" should not clear functions when PATTERN contains wildcards

Submitter:  Julien Bect <jbect>
Submitted:  Tue 20 Aug 2013 03:31:50 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Interpreter Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Matlab Compatibility
Status:  None Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Julien Bect Open/Closed:  * Open
Release:  * dev Operating System:  * GNU/Linux
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Tue 22 Nov 2016 09:32:58 PM UTC, comment #1: 

This behavior is still present in Octave 4.2.0.

Hartmut <hardy>
Tue 20 Aug 2013 03:31:50 PM UTC, original submission:  

In Octave, `clear *' removes all variables and functions from the current workspace.

In Matlab (R2012a) `clear *' removes variables but not functions.


Similarly, if we assume that a function `g' is defined:

In Octave, both `clear g' and `clear g*' delete `g'.

In Matlab (R2012a), `clear g' deletes `g' but `clear g*' leaves `g' untouched.


The same is true for `?'.


As a general rule for describing this, I would say that `clear PATTERN' only affects variables (not functions), except for the special where 1) PATTERN contains no wildcards, and 2) PATTERN is not a variable name, in which case `clear PATTERN' can be seen as a shortcut for `clear functions PATTERN'.


I don't know if the is true in the most recent release of Matlab (R2013a) since the documentation of `clear' does not mention wildcards any more:

http://www.mathworks.fr/fr/help/matlab/ref/clear.html
http://www.mathworks.fr/fr/help/matlab/ref/clearvars.html

Julien Bect <jbect>

 

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