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bug #34670: "help importdata" isn't helpful

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Submitted on:  Fri 28 Oct 2011 10:58:06 AM UTC  
 
Category: NoneSeverity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Documentation
Status: FixedAssigned to: None
Originator Name: ClemOriginator Email: -unavailable-
Open/Closed: ClosedRelease: 3.4.0
Operating System: Mac OS

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Tue 01 Nov 2011 05:08:32 PM UTC, comment #1:

I've changed the help response for importdata to mention alternatives in Octave. The new response is:

This will be available in the 3.6 release of Octave in December 2011.

Use studentize() to replace zscore() in the 3.4.X release. The function has already been renamed to match Matlab in the the 3.6 release.

Rik <rik5>
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Fri 28 Oct 2011 10:58:06 AM UTC, original submission:

I understand that you guys are short handed, so it's not possible to match every bit of Matlab in Octave.

That being said, if you are new to Octave and you come across a bit of Matlab code that mentions "importdata" and you try to get more info:

===========================================

>> help importdata

error: help: the `importdata' function is not yet implemented in Octave

Please read `http://www.octave.org/missing.html' to learn how you can
contribute missing functionality.
===========================================

What would have been helpful, is if this message mentioned "see also dlmread()". Jordi tells me that all the functionality of importdata() is available, just not bundled up in that one function.

Similarly, Octave responds:

>> help zscore

error: help: `zscore' not found

I just gave up since I discovered that zscore in a Matlab library. It hadn't occurred to me that it would be in an Octave library. Here's another example where help could helped me. Instead, I just gave up out of my ignorance.

help needs to be more helpful!

Anonymous

 

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