Re: Octave bug ?

[Dmitri A. Sergatskov]

Madhusudan Singh wrote:
> Using version 2.1.64 on Debian.
>
> octave:27> [a,b]=min([0, 2, 3, 7, 0.5])
> a = 0
> b = 1

from 'help min':

...

If called with one input and two output arguments, `min' also
     returns the first index of the minimum value(s). Thus,

          [x, ix] = min ([1, 3, 0, 2, 5])
          =>  x = 0
                  ix = 3

In your example index of "0" is 1

Dmitri.
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