# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 1175784829 0
# Node ID 5fa513371ddecaa4b99f6553e27e774c31aa71b3
# Parent  bcfdc9f0d2670910b7b42ad0fff3a524ba2e1d93
[project @ 2007-04-05 14:53:49 by jwe]

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-04-05  Laurent Mazet <laurent.mazet@motorola.com>
+
+	* mex.cc (mxArray_octave_value::get_string): Copy nel elements,
+	not buflen elements.
+
 2007-04-05  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* oct-stream.cc (DO_DOUBLE_CONV): New macro.
diff --git a/src/mex.cc b/src/mex.cc
--- a/src/mex.cc
+++ b/src/mex.cc
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@
 
 	const char *p = tmp.data ();
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < buflen; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < nel; i++)
 	  buf[i] = p[i];
 
 	buf[nel] = 0;
@@ -1223,16 +1223,16 @@
   {
     int retval = 1;
 
-    int n = get_number_of_elements ();
-
-    if (n < buflen)
+    int nel = get_number_of_elements ();
+
+    if (nel < buflen)
       {
 	mxChar *ptr = static_cast<mxChar *> (pr);
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
+	for (int i = 0; i < nel; i++)
 	  buf[i] = static_cast<char> (ptr[i]);
 
-	buf[n] = 0;
+	buf[nel] = 0;
       }
 
     return retval;