Re: function space

[Ben Abbott]

On Feb 21, 2012, at 2:24 PM, Vic Norton wrote:

> In the manual or help there seems to be a preference to write
>   'sin (X)' rather than 'sin(X)'
> or
>   'sprintf ("%d", i)' rather than 'sprintf("%d", i)'.
> However, in at least one case, the space between the function name and its 
> argument list results in a "parse error".
> 
> For example
>   i = 5;
>   x = [ "min", sprintf("%d", i) ];
> results in
>   x = "min5".
> However
>   i = 5;
>   x = [ "min", sprintf ("%d", i) ];
> results in
>   parse error:
> 
>     syntax error
> 
>>>> x = [ "min", sprintf ("%d", i) ];
> 
> 
> Is this a bug? Or should one just avoid putting a space after a function name?
> 
> In what other situations does a space after a function name result in a 
> syntax error?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Vic

Its not a bug. Spaces and comma's are delimiters in a comma-separated-list 
(cs-list).

[1 2 3]
ans =

   1   2   3

[1, 2, 3]
ans =

   1   2   3

[1, 23]
ans =

    1   23

Ben