# HG changeset patch
# User Jaroslav Hajek <highegg@gmail.com>
# Date 1233346633 -3600
# Node ID e01c6355304f5ca049cc3c05dc9d1a597c3c9910
# Parent  579f1f54cc3a871518cd18bd095c4827d0f4b46a
fix string lookup in empty cells

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-01-30  Jaroslav Hajek  <highegg@gmail.com>
+
+	* DLD-FUNCTIONS/lookup.cc (Flookup): Add missing check.
+
 2009-01-29  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* pt-stmt.cc (tree_statement::eval): Check
diff --git a/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/lookup.cc b/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/lookup.cc
--- a/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/lookup.cc
+++ b/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/lookup.cc
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
 
 
       // query just the first cell to verify it's a string
-      if (table(0).is_string ())
+      if (table.is_empty () || table(0).is_string ())
         {
           if (argy.is_cell ())
             {