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bug #55880: Octave does not allow reshaping empty scalar struct to empty struct array (Matlab Compatibility)

Submitter:  A.R. Burgers <arb>
Submitted:  Sun 10 Mar 2019 09:26:01 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Interpreter Severity:  1 - Wish
Priority:  3 - Low Item Group:  WTF, Matlab?!?
Status:  Confirmed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  * Open
Release:  * dev Operating System:  * Any
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Sun 10 Mar 2019 09:59:06 PM UTC, comment #2: 

this script:


% script b55880.m
ver = version
s1 = reshape(struct(), 3, 1)
s2 = reshape(s1, 10, 1)
s3 = reshape(s1, 1, 10)

a.b = 1
a31 = reshape(a, 3, 1)


produces this:


ver =  '9.5.0.1049112 (R2018b) Update 3'

s1 =   3×1 struct array with no fields.
s2 =  10×1 struct array with no fields.
s3 =  1×10 struct array with no fields.

a =  struct with fields:
    b: 1

Error using reshape
To RESHAPE the number of elements must not change.

Error in b55880 (line 7)
a31 = reshape(a, 3, 1)


A.R. Burgers <arb>
Sun 10 Mar 2019 09:40:35 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Does that also work if the struct does have one or more fields? Or only for structs with no fields defined?


a.b = 1;
s = reshape(a, 3, 1)


Can the struct array be reshaped again?


s1 = reshape(struct(), 3, 1)
s2 = reshape(s1, 10, 1)
s3 = reshape(s1, 1, 10)


Using 'repmat' instead of 'reshape' is an easy workaround that also makes sense in this weird case.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
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Sun 10 Mar 2019 09:26:01 PM UTC, original submission:  

matlab has a rather surprising, I think undocumented, way to create an array of empty structs:


struct_array = reshape(struct(), 3, 1)


matlab output:


struct_array = 3x1 struct array with no fields.


A.R. Burgers <arb>

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2019-03-10 rik5 StatusNone Confirmed
        Summaryoctave misses matlab (feature?) to create array of empty structs Octave does not allow reshaping empty scalar struct to empty struct array (Matlab Compatibility)
    2019-03-10 mtmiller Severity3 - Normal 1 - Wish
        Priority5 - Normal 3 - Low
        Item GroupMatlab Compatibility WTF, Matlab?!?

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