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Add support for octal and hex escape sequences in single-quoted *printf arguments (bug #39774). * NEWS: Announce support for octal and hex escape sequences in single quoted strings. * utils.cc (do_string_escapes): Add case statements for hex and octal escape sequences and convert strings to numbers. * utils.cc (Fdo_string_escapes): Add BIST tests for octal and hex escape sequences.
author Rik <rik@octave.org>
date Wed, 20 May 2015 17:18:41 -0700
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1 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.2: 1 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 4.2:
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4 ** Octal ('\NNN') and hex ('\xNN') escape sequences in single quoted
5 strings are now interpreted by the function do_string_escapes().
6 The *printf family of functions now supports octal and hex escape
7 sequences in single-quoted strings for Matlab compatibility.
3 8
4 ** mkfifo now interprets the MODE argument as an octal, not decimal, integer. 9 ** mkfifo now interprets the MODE argument as an octal, not decimal, integer.
5 This is consistent with the equivalent shell command. 10 This is consistent with the equivalent shell command.
6 11
7 ** Other new functions added in 4.2: 12 ** Other new functions added in 4.2: