# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 936294437 0
# Node ID 973c81fbe14466620a93d63e8ec2f11e03132174
# Parent  7d80b56e0dc8d8158fc7f3964b3f1088f0801218
[project @ 1999-09-02 17:47:15 by jwe]

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Thu Sep  2 11:54:51 1999  John W. Eaton  <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
+
+	* oct-obj.cc (make_argv): Correctly handle empty strings as args.
+
 Fri Aug 20 08:17:52 1999  John W. Eaton  <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
 
 	* DLD-FUNCTIONS/quad.cc (quad): Delete unused label.
diff --git a/src/oct-obj.cc b/src/oct-obj.cc
--- a/src/oct-obj.cc
+++ b/src/oct-obj.cc
@@ -166,7 +166,14 @@
       int total_nr = 0;
 
       for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
-	total_nr += elem(i).rows ();
+	{
+	  // An empty string ("") has zero columns and zero rows (a
+	  // change that was made for Matlab contemptibility.
+
+	  int n = elem(i).rows ();
+
+	  total_nr += n ? n : 1;
+	}
 
       argv.resize (total_nr+1);
 
@@ -177,7 +184,7 @@
 	{
 	  int nr = elem(i).rows ();
 
-	  if (nr == 1)
+	  if (nr < 2)
 	    argv[k++] = elem(i).string_value ();
 	  else
 	    {