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bug #65083: Creating a dataframe from a cell array misses the first line if all fields are strings

Submitter:  Francesco Potortì <pot>
Submitted:  Wed 27 Dec 2023 08:21:38 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  Octave Package Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Incorrect Result
Status:  None Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  * Open
Release:  * 8.4.0 Operating System:  * GNU/Linux
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Wed 27 Dec 2023 08:21:38 AM UTC, original submission:  


octave> version
ans = 8.4.0

octave> dataframe({"Date", "pow"; "2023-12-14", 0; "2023-12-15", 1; "2023-12-16", 2})
ans = dataframe with 3 rows and 2 columns
_1       Date    pow
Nr       char double
 1 2023-12-14      0
 2 2023-12-15      1
 3 2023-12-16      2

octave> dataframe({"Date"; "2023-12-14"; "2023-12-15"; "2023-12-16"})
ans = dataframe with 2 rows and 1 columns
_1       Date
Nr       char
 1 2023-12-15
 2 2023-12-16


In the first example, a dataframe with three rows is created.  In the second one, the first row is missing. Apparently, this happens whenever rows are made of strings only.

Francesco Potortì <pot>

 

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