[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #37131] input function doesn't handle newlines correctly

[anonymous]

URL:
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                 Summary: input function doesn't handle newlines correctly
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Fri 17 Aug 2012 01:31:58 PM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.6.1
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

I issue the following:


input('some text\n', 's')


and I get

some text\n


rather than the expected


some text



That is, the newline character is treated as text rather than as a newline
character.

I have compared with Matlab, and indeed in Matlab I get the latter (expected)
behavior. Note that Matlab's help explicitly states that newlines are
supported, while Octave's doesn't (and apparently, indeed it doesn't).


I am using Octave 3.6.1, compiled from source on 64-bit Ubuntu 11.10, and
Matlab R2010a.




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