fre, 10 10 2008 kl. 12:11 +0200, skrev Thomas Weber: > Am Freitag, den 10.10.2008, 12:04 +0200 schrieb Søren Hauberg: > > fre, 10 10 2008 kl. 12:02 +0200, skrev Thomas Weber: > > > > I've fixed this in SVN, so you can also get an updated version from > > > > http://octave.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/octave/trunk/octave-forge/main/statistics/inst/mad.m?revision=5348 > > > > > > Now > > > mad(1,2,3) > > > doesn't generate an error anymore. > > > > > > I'm not sure this is correct, also the other brand seems to accept this, > > > too. > > > > The current code just ignores the third input argument. Should it > > generate an error? I don't really care if there's an error or not, but I > > don't mind making the change, if you think that's better. > > >From the documentation of in both brands, I actually thought it should > throw an error. But Matlab seems to accept this as well, so I have no > idea. > > http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/toolbox/stats/index.html?/access/helpdesk/help/toolbox/stats/mad.html > > Mhm, my not totally new version of Matlab doesn't match this > description. Can someone with a current version please check what > > mad(1,2,3) > gives?
It gives 0. However, it seems matlab actually support three input arguments (from the matlab mad help text): MAD(X,FLAG,DIM) takes the MAD along dimension DIM of X. It doesn't say what FLAG does, so I'm not sure how to treat it. It's worth mentioning that mad (1, 2, 3, 4) gives an error. Søren ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
