# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 1173256984 0
# Node ID 24666a9192f2da9469d27b4cdd07ce3a1eb63f24
# Parent  5a91bf0a47e85af7d15b4884c2a45483cbf1039b
[project @ 2007-03-07 08:43:03 by jwe]

diff --git a/scripts/ChangeLog b/scripts/ChangeLog
--- a/scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-03-07  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* strings/blanks.m: Omit first index in assignment.
+
 2007-03-07  Paul Kienzle  <pkienzle@users.sf.net>
 
 	* set/setdiff.m: Some code cleanup and a fix for setdiff on rows.
diff --git a/scripts/strings/blanks.m b/scripts/strings/blanks.m
--- a/scripts/strings/blanks.m
+++ b/scripts/strings/blanks.m
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@
     error ("blanks: n must be a non-negative integer");
   endif
 
-  s(1,1:n) = " ";
+  ## If 1:n is empty, the following expression will create an empty
+  ## character string.  Otherwise, it will create a row vector.
+  s(1:n) = " ";
 
 endfunction