--- a/scripts/ChangeLog	Thu Mar 16 05:57:18 2006 +0000
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog	Thu Mar 16 06:45:25 2006 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-03-16  William Poetra Yoga Hadisoeseno  <williampoetra@gmail.com>
+
+	* strings/strfind.m: New file.
+
 2006-03-16  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* general/rows.m, general/columns.m: Delete.
@@ -6,7 +10,7 @@
 
 	* strings/strcmpi.m: Simplify.
 	* strings/strncmpi.m: Import from octave-forge, simplify.
-	* strings/strtrunc.m: New function.
+	* strings/strtrunc.m: New file.
 
 	* strings/lower.m, strings/upper.m: Handle cellstr arguments.
 

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/scripts/strings/strfind.m	Thu Mar 16 06:45:25 2006 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+## Copyright (C) 2004 by Alois Schloegl
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+## modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+## as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+## of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+## GNU General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+## Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{idx} =} strfind (@var{str}, @var{pattern})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{idx} =} strfind (@var{cellstr}, @var{pattern})
+## Search for @var{pattern} in the string @var{str} and return the
+## starting index of every such occurrence in the vector @var{idx}.
+## If there is no such occurrence, or if @var{pattern} is longer
+## than @var{str}, then @var{idx} is the empty array @code{[]}.
+##
+## If the cell array of strings @var{cellstr} is specified instead of the
+## string @var{str}, then @var{idx} is a cell array of vectors, as specified
+## above.
+## @seealso{findstr, strmatch, strcmp, strncmp, strcmpi, strncmpi}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: alois schloegl <a.schloegl@ieee.org>
+## Created: 1 November 2004
+## Adapted-By: William Poetra Yoga Hadisoeseno <williampoetra@gmail.com>
+
+function idx = strfind (text, pattern)
+
+  if (nargin != 2)
+    usage ("idx = strfind (text, pattern)");
+  elseif (! ischar (pattern))
+    error ("strfind: pattern must be a string value");
+  endif
+
+  lp = length (pattern);
+
+  if (ischar (text))
+    idx = __strfind_string__ (text, pattern, lp);
+  elseif (iscellstr (text))
+    idx = cell (size (text));
+    for i = 1:(numel (text))
+      idx{i} = __strfind_string__ (text{i}, pattern, lp);
+    endfor
+  else
+    error ("strfind: text must be a string or cell array of strings");
+  endif
+
+### endfunction
+
+function idx = __strfind_string__ (text, pattern, lp)
+
+  idx = 1:(length (text) - lp + 1);
+  k = 0;
+  while (k < lp && ! isempty (idx))
+    idx = idx(text(idx + k) == pattern(++k));
+  endwhile
+
+### endfunction

--- a/test/ChangeLog	Thu Mar 16 05:57:18 2006 +0000
+++ b/test/ChangeLog	Thu Mar 16 06:45:25 2006 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-03-16  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* test_system.m: End all *pwent tests with a call to endpwent.
+	End all *grent tests with a call to endgrent.
+
 2006-03-14  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* fntests.m: Prettier printing of output.

--- a/test/test_system.m	Thu Mar 16 05:57:18 2006 +0000
+++ b/test/test_system.m	Thu Mar 16 06:45:25 2006 +0000
@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@
 %% test/octave.test/system/getpwent-1.m
 %!test
 %! s = getpwent ();
+%! endpwent (); 
 %! assert((isstruct (s)
 %! && struct_contains (s, "name")
 %! && struct_contains (s, "passwd")
@@ -484,7 +485,7 @@
 %!test
 %! x = getpwent ();
 %! y = getpwuid (x.uid);
-%! 
+%! endpwent (); 
 %! assert(strcmp (x.name, y.name) && x.uid == y.uid && x.gid == y.gid);
 
 %% test/octave.test/system/getpwuid-2.m
@@ -497,7 +498,7 @@
 %!test
 %! x = getpwent ();
 %! y = getpwnam (x.name);
-%! 
+%! endpwent (); 
 %! assert(strcmp (x.name, y.name) && x.uid == y.uid && x.gid == y.gid);
 
 %% test/octave.test/system/getpwnam-2.m
@@ -511,7 +512,7 @@
 %! x = getpwent ();
 %! setpwent ();
 %! y = getpwent ();
-%! 
+%! endpwent (); 
 %! assert(strcmp (x.name, y.name) && x.uid == y.uid && x.gid == y.gid);
 
 %% test/octave.test/system/setpwent-2.m
@@ -523,6 +524,7 @@
 %% test/octave.test/system/getgrent-1.m
 %!test
 %! x = getgrent ();
+%! endgrent ();
 %! assert((isstruct (x)
 %! && struct_contains (x, "name")
 %! && struct_contains (x, "passwd")
@@ -536,7 +538,7 @@
 %!test
 %! x = getgrent ();
 %! y = getgrgid (x.gid);
-%! 
+%! endgrent ();
 %! assert(strcmp (x.name, y.name) && x.gid == y.gid);
 
 %% test/octave.test/system/getgrgid-2.m
@@ -549,7 +551,7 @@
 %!test
 %! x = getgrent ();
 %! y = getgrnam (x.name);
-%! 
+%! endgrent ();
 %! assert(strcmp (x.name, y.name) && x.gid == y.gid);
 
 %% test/octave.test/system/getgrnam-2.m
@@ -563,7 +565,7 @@
 %! x = getgrent ();
 %! setgrent ();
 %! y = getgrent ();
-%! 
+%! endgrent ();
 %! assert(strcmp (x.name, y.name) && x.gid == y.gid);
 
 %% test/octave.test/system/setgrent-2.m