# HG changeset patch
# User Rik <rik@octave.org>
# Date 1423240269 28800
# Node ID 6e2729924601665914ee9bc8c095e50647341b83
# Parent  08dbf53f34c1a85218b9120678748c90b2c2866e
eigs.m: Only transform char input sigma to lower case in cset 08dbf53f34c1.

eigs.m: Use tolower() only on char input.  Otherwise set sigma from the numeric
input variable directly.

diff --git a/scripts/sparse/eigs.m b/scripts/sparse/eigs.m
--- a/scripts/sparse/eigs.m
+++ b/scripts/sparse/eigs.m
@@ -231,8 +231,10 @@
 
       if (nargin > 2 + offset)
         tmp = varargin{3+offset};
-        if (ischar (tmp) || (isnumeric (tmp) && isscalar (tmp)))
+        if (ischar (tmp))
           sigma = tolower (tmp);
+        elseif (isnumeric (tmp) && isscalar (tmp))
+          sigma = tmp;
         else
           call_eig = false;
         endif