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bug #34006: inadequate/recursice description of 'length' function

Submitted by:  Sergei Steshenko <sergstesh>
Submitted on:  Sat 13 Aug 2011 01:49:11 PM UTC  
 
Category: NoneSeverity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Documentation
Status: InvalidAssigned to: None
Originator Name: Open/Closed: Closed
Release: 3.4.2Operating System: Any

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Tue 23 Aug 2011 12:36:46 AM UTC, comment #2:

It seems to me that "length" is adequately defined in the second sentence of the doc string, even to the point of explaining why the definition is so strange, so I'm closing this report.

John W. Eaton <jwe>
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Sat 13 Aug 2011 01:54:22 PM UTC, comment #1:

Also, I am not sure whether definition of object in the context of this function can be easily found.

If it can't be easily found, it should better be given in the documentation of this function.

Sergei Steshenko <sergstesh>
Sat 13 Aug 2011 01:49:11 PM UTC, original submission:

This is what I see:

, i.e. length is explained through '"length"'.

Another experiment:

.

So, for a string 'length' returns number of characters ?

One more experiment:

- so, for a cell array number of elements is returned ?

All these aspects need to be clarified in documentation.

Sergei Steshenko <sergstesh>

 

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