# HG changeset patch
# User David Bateman <dbateman@free.fr>
# Date 1205334144 14400
# Node ID a5307fa238ac4592ac2e410c0914f067ffc29a8b
# Parent  1d7c23e288d7a2fa3f55aba611ebf1d1cd419ca2
Trivial dlmread fix

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-03-12  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* DLD-FUNCTIONS/dlmread.cc (Fdlmread): Fix separator detection.
+
 2008-03-11  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* DLD-FUNCTIONS/eig.cc (Feig): Handle possible error from EIG.
diff --git a/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/dlmread.cc b/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/dlmread.cc
--- a/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/dlmread.cc
+++ b/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/dlmread.cc
@@ -273,9 +273,12 @@
 		    case ' ':
 		    case '\t':
 		      sepflag = true;
+		      sep = " \t";
+		      break;
 
 		    default:
 		      sep = ch;
+		      break;
 		    }
 		}
 	    }