Re: is_real_matrix()

[Stefan van der Walt]

On Sat, Oct 01, 2005 at 05:59:46PM +0200, David Bateman wrote:
> The string class has the matrix_value() function and so can be converted 
> to a real matrix, it is therefore normal that it returns true for the 
> test for real matrices... You should test if its a string first, or use 
> something like

In 2.9.3, the following code shows that matrix_value() sets
error_state for strings.

#include <octave/oct.h>

DEFUN_DLD(checkm, args, nargout, "check real matrix")
{
   octave_value_list retval;
   
   if (args.length() != 1) {
      error("invalid nr of args");
      return retval;
   }
   
   Matrix m = args(0).matrix_value();
   if (error_state) {
      error("input not a real matrix");
      return retval;
   }

   retval.append(m);
   return retval;
}

Regards
Stéfan



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