# HG changeset patch
# User Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org>
# Date 1353529794 18000
# Node ID e9d842dcfc918b9288a7a3c68b277a0858d98e87
# Parent  9bbc96a6ef94c85e83f27f41a856f54eb71a9285
*data.cc (Fsum): allow string arguments for Matlab compatibility

diff --git a/libinterp/interpfcn/data.cc b/libinterp/interpfcn/data.cc
--- a/libinterp/interpfcn/data.cc
+++ b/libinterp/interpfcn/data.cc
@@ -2792,7 +2792,13 @@
             MAKE_INT_BRANCH (uint32);
             MAKE_INT_BRANCH (uint64);
 #undef MAKE_INT_BRANCH
-
+            // GAGME: Accursed Matlab compatibility...
+            case btyp_char:
+              if (isextra)
+                retval = arg.array_value (true).xsum (dim);
+              else
+                retval = arg.array_value (true).sum (dim);
+              break;
             case btyp_bool:
               if (arg.is_sparse_type ())
                 {