Re: Array index out of bounds

[Philip Nienhuis]

Krishnaprasad wrote
> This is the piece of code that generates Array index out of bounds: 
> Code:

> 
> Does Octave use a different approach to check the field is empty? I have
> seen a similar error thrown from another place in the same matlab file.
> Are any of these conditions not suitable in Octave?

Just try:



(i.e., && and || rather than single & and | )

Yes Octave has a different way of short-circuiting in logical expressions. 

I think what happens in your code is that -contrary to Matlab- Octave tries
all logical sub-expressions, rather than quitting if it can determine that
the entire expression is true or false, *unless* you specify double logical
operators. If you do, Octave does do short-circuiting.
If j is out-of-range, or content{j}(1) is empty, you'll see this crash.

If I'm right your Matlab code is -sorry to say- another example of sloppy
and fragile Matlab programming. But I may speak too early :-)

BTW this difference in behavior is described in the  FAQ
<http://wiki.octave.org/FAQ#Short-circuit_.26_and_.7C_operators>  . 
Some parts of this FAQ entry are not valid anymore (The Mathworks did mend a
few things) but your problem is adequately described there.

Philip




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