Problem with data conversion

[Raasch, Hendrik (external)]

Hello,

I have a problem with matrices. Check the following:

octave:88> p_v
p_v =

  1  1  1  1

octave:89> time_tmp
time_tmp =

   3.8593e+08   3.8593e+08   3.8593e+08   3.8593e+08

octave:90> [rot90(time_tmp), rot90(p_v)]
ans =

  255    1
  255    1
  255    1
  255    1

Why is the time_tmp data converted from an floating point value into an eight bit integer??

I assume, that I have just done something wrong. So, can someone tell me what is the correct way of doing this?

Regards,
HR

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