# HG changeset patch
# User John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
# Date 1317260799 14400
# Node ID f9aec0bcf8260b7dc3be121e05eed34736997ef7
# Parent  105c72254967107e7252b9fe23c56d0825594862
getappdata: return empty matrix for nonexistent property names

* getappdata.m: Always initialize missing fields to [], not just when
getting the __appdata__ property fails.

diff --git a/scripts/miscellaneous/getappdata.m b/scripts/miscellaneous/getappdata.m
--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/getappdata.m
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/getappdata.m
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@
     for nh = 1:numel(h)
       try
         appdata = get (h(nh), "__appdata__");
-      catch
+      end_try_catch
+      if (! isfield (appdata, name))
         appdata.(name) = [];
-      end_try_catch
+      endif
       val(nh) = {appdata.(name)};
     endfor
     if (nh == 1)