[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #60857] sourcing a file gives an unexpected error message.

[Kai Torben Ohlhus]

Update of bug #60857 (project octave):

                  Status:                    None => Invalid                
             Open/Closed:                    Open => Closed                 

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Follow-up Comment #1:

Short: use either the command or function syntax.  Don't mix them.


source sequence1.m
source ("sequence1.m")


The error is the same when just typing


sequence1.m


and occurs in your case when the interpreter wants to interpret the statement
between the brackets for making the function call to the "source" function. 
Thus the behavior is correct and expected, maybe irritating sometimes 😉

Read more about at
- https://octave.org/doc/v6.2.0/Commands.html
- https://octave.org/doc/v6.2.0/Functions-and-Scripts.html

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