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bug #57919: Octave's visualization of structures can be improved

Submitter:  José Luis García Pallero <jgpallero>
Submitted:  Fri 28 Feb 2020 02:19:45 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Interpreter Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Feature Request
Status:  None Assigned to:  None
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Release:  * dev Operating System:  * Any
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Tue 17 Mar 2020 09:10:41 PM UTC, comment #2: 

I have to second this, Octave's output for a structure of any depth or significant size is useless because it is far too verbose.

I once wrote a function that printed a structure more compactly, like this:


>> dispstruct (struct ('a', rand(50), 'b', 1, 'c', 2, 'd', [4,5,6,7], 'e', 'text', 'f', 8, 'g', 9, 'h', 10, 'i', 11, 'j', struct('f1', 1)))
Nonscalars and non character arrays:
Field: a        [50 50]        double        [ 0.744608, 0.186078, 0.316489, 0.54813, ... ]
Field: d        [1 4]        double        [ 4, 5, 6, 7, ... ]
Field: j        [1 1]        struct
Scalar fields and character arrays:
     Field |   Contents |      Field |   Contents |      Field |   Contents |      Field |   Contents
         b |          1 |          c |          2 |          e |       text |          f |          8
         g |          9 |          h |         10 |          i |         11 |            |


Happy to share if it's of interest.

Richard <crobar>
Fri 28 Feb 2020 06:37:34 PM UTC, comment #1: 

As a very small start, it would be nice to use a colon ':' to separate the field from the value to emphasize that this is a structure.

Rik <rik5>
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Fri 28 Feb 2020 02:19:45 PM UTC, original submission:  

A structure in Octave is shown on screen as

>> a.a=3;a.b='Hello';a.c=[1 2;3 4]
a =

  scalar structure containing the fields:

    a =  3
    b = Hello
    c =

       1   2
       3   4


i.e., all fields are expended, while the behavior in Matlab is

>> a.a=3;a.b='Hello';a.c=[1 2;3 4]

a =

  struct with fields:

    a: 3
    b: 'Hello'
    c: [2×2 double]


i.e., when a field is a matrix only the name and dimensions are indicated, but not expanded.

I find the Matlab behavior more practical than the Octave one because it makes easier to see how many fields there are and their names. It would be nice if Octave's behavior where as the Matlab one for the structs.

José Luis García Pallero <jgpallero>

 

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