[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #29685] Using abs() on a int16 or int8 vector changes the vector

[Wim van der Meer]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?29685>

                 Summary: Using abs() on a int16 or int8 vector changes the
vector
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: wim_octave
            Submitted on: Tue 27 Apr 2010 02:39:48 AM GMT
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Wim
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.2.2
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

octave:53> a = int8([-6 -3])
a =

  -6  -3

octave:54> abs(a)
ans =

  6  3

octave:55> a
a =

  6  3


I would expect the abs operator to not change the original data!





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