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bug #53335: mat2cell help text

Submitter:  Muhali <muhali>
Submitted:  Tue 13 Mar 2018 09:02:36 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  Documentation Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Documentation
Status:  Fixed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  * Closed
Release:  * 4.2.1 Operating System:  * GNU/Linux
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Tue 04 Dec 2018 06:13:50 PM UTC, comment #2: 

I rewrote the help text for mat2cell and num2cell here (https://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/b326eeae92d0).  I think it is better, but it is just a hard function to describe accurately.

Marking as fixed and closing report.

Rik <rik5>
Group administrator
Tue 13 Mar 2018 04:42:54 PM UTC, comment #1: 

I think it's referring to the "i" in the first paragraph,

> if A is multi-dimensional and the number of dimensional
> arguments is equal to the dimensions of A, then it is
> required that 'sum (DI) == size (A, i)'


where each "i" is a dimension of A. But I don't really understand this function.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
Group Member
Tue 13 Mar 2018 09:02:36 AM UTC, original submission:  

The mat2cell help text has

Given a single dimensional argument R, the other dimensional arguments are assumed to equal 'size (A,I)'.

This is both inconsistent and incomprehensible.

Muhali <muhali>

 

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