[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #58988] typing pi at command line returns ans = 3.1416

[Michael Godfrey]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58988>

                 Summary: typing pi at command line returns   ans = 3.1416
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: godfrey
            Submitted on: Fri 21 Aug 2020 03:41:08 PM UTC
                Category: Documentation
                Severity: 2 - Minor
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: godfrey
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: dev
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

The Manual in Section 14.1. states that builtin variables such
as pi  return:
 
pi = 3.1416

but they in fact return:
octave:1> pi
ans = 3.1416

or

octave:1> e
ans = 2.7183

I think that the current behavior has been true for quite
a long time, but the Manual definition might be better?

But, Matlab 2020a returns using ans = so for Matlab compatibility the current
Octave behavior is correct, but the Manual needs correction.




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