[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #36555] strfind() should work with numeric arrays

[Nicholas Jankowski]

Follow-up Comment #4, bug #36555 (project octave):

behavior still present in Octave 6.1.0

Matlab 2020b:

>> strfind([1 2 3], [2 3])
ans =
     2
>> strfind([1.1 2 3], [2 3])
ans =
     2
>> strfind([1 2.1 3], [2 3])
ans =
     []
>> strfind([1 2.1 3], [2.1 3])
ans =
     2
>> strfind([1 2+2i 3], [2+2i 3])
ans =
     2
>> strfind([1 2 3], [2+2i 3])
ans =
     []


Octave 6.1.0:

octave:1> strfind([1 2 3],[2 3])
error: strfind: PATTERN must be a string or cell array of strings
(same for all other combinations above)


since matlab doc says input can be a char vector, was wondering if it was just
operating on any integer array, but appears it doesn't even error on
non-integers. it's just doing a numerical pattern match of whatever you feed
it.

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