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bug #55479: dlmread('test.csv','\t',1) fails with parsing Range error.

Submitter:  Alois Schlögl <schloegl>
Submitted:  Tue 15 Jan 2019 10:59:27 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  Octave Function Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Matlab Compatibility
Status:  None Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  schloegl Open/Closed:  * Open
Release:  * dev Operating System:  * GNU/Linux
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Tue 15 Jan 2019 06:04:31 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Normally Octave doesn't chase undocumented Matlab behavior because it may change at any time.  See https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/dlmread.html where supplying just a row offset is not documented, although perhaps it can be guessed at because C1 defaults to 0?

If you want to go ahead and code a patch for this it would probably be applied.  It doesn't look particularly hard, just a little bit more input validation.

Rik <rik5>
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Tue 15 Jan 2019 10:59:27 AM UTC, original submission:  

Trying to read a simple csv file (see attachment) with one header line can be done in matlab like this:

  dlmread('test.csv','\t',1)

This fails in Octave with this error

   error: dlmread: error parsing RANGE



The workaround is of course

  dlmread('test.csv','\t',1,0)

however, it would easier for some users if compatibility would be established.

I've tested this in Octave 4.4.0 and 4.4.1 and the development version.





Alois Schlögl <schloegl>

 

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file #45979:  test.csv added by schloegl (18B - text/csv - simple csv test file)

 

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