--- a/src/ov-cell.cc	Tue Feb 22 17:42:16 2005 +0000
+++ b/src/ov-cell.cc	Wed Feb 23 00:18:58 2005 +0000
@@ -668,6 +668,18 @@
       dv(i) = di;
     }
   
+  // Convert an array with a single dimension to be a row vector.
+  // Octave should never write files like this, other software
+  // might.
+
+  if (mdims == 1)
+    {
+      mdims = 2;
+      dv.resize (mdims);
+      dv(1) = dv(0);
+      dv(0) = 1;
+    }
+
   int nel = dv.numel ();
   Cell tmp(dv);