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New nthargout function * nthargout.m: New function. * func.txi (Multiple Return Values): document nthargout. * module.mk (general_FCN_FILES): Add nthargout.m * help.cc (varargin, varargout): Cross-reference other arg functions. * ov-user-fucn.cc (nargin, nargout, isargout): Ditto. * NEWS (3.6): Mention this new file.
author Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org>
date Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:46:38 -0700
parents f96b9b9f141b
children e36817e2ee60
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--- a/doc/interpreter/func.txi	Mon Oct 24 18:06:04 2011 -0700
+++ b/doc/interpreter/func.txi	Tue Oct 25 09:46:38 2011 -0700
@@ -289,6 +289,12 @@
 dimensions, and it is often desirable to give the individual return
 values distinct names.
 
+It is possible to use the @code{nthargout} function to obtain only some
+of the return values or several at once in a cell array. @ref{Cell Array
+Objects}
+
+@DOCSTRING(nthargout)
+
 In addition to setting @code{nargin} each time a function is called,
 Octave also automatically initializes @code{nargout} to the number of
 values that are expected to be returned.  This allows you to write