@@ -480,7 +488,7 @@ if ((idf(ii) || idg(ii)) && (rows(words) < num_words_per_line)) if (idf(ii)) s = strfind (words(icol, 1), fmt_words{ii}); - if (isempty (s)) + if (isempty (s{:})) error ("strread: Literal '%s' not found in column %d", fmt_words{ii}, icol); endif s = s{:}(1);