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bug #63353: Error in fscanf when maximum field width is specified and '%f' conversion used

Submitter:  José Luis García Pallero <jgpallero>
Submitted:  Sat 12 Nov 2022 05:17:04 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Octave Function Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Incorrect Result
Status:  Confirmed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  José Luis García Pallero Open/Closed:  * Open
Release:  * other Operating System:  * Any
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Tue 15 Nov 2022 04:40:24 PM UTC, comment #2: 

If I had to take a guess, I think Matlab divides the input stream based on the field width and then applies the conversion to each chunk of input.  Octave, however, seems to apply the conversion to the input and then move to whatever remains of the input stream.

Matlab behavior:


v = sscanf ('1.234.567', '%3f')
v =
  1.2
  34.0
  567


Octave behavior:


v = sscanf ('1.234.567', '%3f')
v =
  1.234
  0.567


Rik <rik5>
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Tue 15 Nov 2022 04:31:09 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Confirmed.  The behavior is also dependent on the type of the conversion.  If the conversion is to an integer type then the function behaves as expected.  For example,


[v,n] = sscanf (a, '%3d')
v =

   123
   456
     7

n = 3


It is only when a floating point type such as '%f', '%e', '%g' is used that there is a problem.

Rik <rik5>
Group administrator
Sat 12 Nov 2022 05:17:04 PM UTC, original submission:  

Octave documentation states the maximum field width option in the input conversion syntax for fscanf and sscanf functions (https://docs.octave.org/latest/Input-Conversion-Syntax.html). But this example works in Matlab:


a = '1234567';
[val,n] = sscanf(a,'%3f',[1 Inf])
val =
   123   456     7
n =
     3


but not in Octave:


a = '1234567';
[val,n] = sscanf(a,'%3f',[1 Inf])
val = 1234567
n = 1


José Luis García Pallero <jgpallero>

 

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    2022-11-15 rik5 StatusNone Confirmed
        SummaryError in fscanf when maximum field width is specified Error in fscanf when maximum field width is specified and '%f' conversion used

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