--- David Bateman <
David.Bateman@...> wrote:
> gOS wrote:
> > gOS wrote:
> >
> >> I know GNU plot is being phased out, but I think this goes a bit deeper
> >> than GNU plot. Run both of these without jhandles and pay attention to the
> >> title:
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I guess more to the point, since it seems you have just accepted the 'bug'
> > upon further inspection of the documentation, how do I detect the difference
> > between a single quote string and a double quote string?
> >
> There is no question of having the "bug accepted". As Etienne stated
> this is not a bug, but the correct interpretation of escaped characters
> in double quoted strings.. If you want compatible behavior with Matlab
> then always use single quoted strings. As for telling if a string is
> single or double quoted, the following works
>
> octave:1> a = 'single';
> octave:2> b = "double";
> octave:3> typeinfo (a)
> ans = sq_string
> octave:4> typeinfo (b)
> ans = string
>
> or as a test
>
> if (strcmp (typeinfo(str), "single"))
> ## Have single quoted string
> else
> ## Have double quoted string
> endif
>
> D.
>
> --
> David Bateman
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>
Did you actually mean
if (strcmp (typeinfo(str), "sq_string"))
## Have single quoted string
else
## Have double quoted string
endif
?
Thanks,
Sergei.
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