[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #57426] publish now fires "colon arguments should be scalars" warnings

[Rik]

Update of bug #57426 (project octave):

              Item Group:              Regression => Unexpected Error       
                  Status:                    None => Confirmed              

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Follow-up Comment #1:

These are probably legitamate warnings.  Line 902 is


## Links "<http://www.someurl.com TEXT>"
idx = strfind (cstr{j}, " ");
url = cstr{j};
url = url(2:idx-1);  # Line 902


My guess is that strfind can return multiple indices because there may be
multiple spaces in the URL text.  In that case, the code should pick off the
first instance with


idx = idx(1);


This is already what the colon operator is doing so there should be no change
in behavior.  For example, 


octave:2> idx = [3, 5]
idx =

   3   5

octave:3> 1:idx
warning: colon arguments should be scalars
ans =

   1   2   3





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