Yes. The matlab commandline (matlab -nodisplay) errors out:

>> >> x = rand (1e8, 1);

 >> x = rand (1e8, 1);
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Error: Unexpected MATLAB operator.



Yes. Pasting the following

>> x = rand (1e8, 1);
>> mean(x)

results in

>> x = rand (1e8, 1);

mean(x)

ans =

    0.5000

>>

Not really a bug, just a little thing.

When cut/pasting code that includes the >> prompt, the Matlab command windows automatically removes the >> and exectutes the code. Octave doesn't.

E.g. if you paste this string into Matlab command window

>> x = rand (1e8, 1);

then it removes the leading ">> ". It seems to detect this and only this leading string and removes it completely, i.e. what is pasted is "x = rand (1e8, 1);" without any trace of the ">> ". Manually typing in the string with leading >> gives a syntax error.


In Octave, cut and paste result in this:

>> >> x = rand (1e8, 1);

parse error:

  syntax error

>>> >> x = rand (1e8, 1);

Would it be possible to filter off ">> " during paste?