--- a/scripts/strings/split.m	Wed Mar 16 20:30:04 2005 +0000
+++ b/scripts/strings/split.m	Wed Mar 16 20:44:39 2005 +0000
@@ -36,50 +36,51 @@
 
 function m = split (s, t)
 
-  if (nargin != 2)
+  if (nargin == 2)
+    if (isstr (s) && isstr (t))
+
+      l_s = length (s);
+      l_t = length (t);
+
+      if (l_s == 0)
+	m = "";
+	return;
+      elseif (l_t == 0)
+	m = s';
+	return;
+      elseif (l_s < l_t)
+	error ("split: s must not be shorter than t");
+      endif
+
+      if (min (size (s)) != 1 || min (size (t)) != 1)
+	error("split: multi-line strings are not supported");
+      endif
+
+      ind = findstr (s, t, 0);
+      if (length (ind) == 0)
+	m = s;
+	return;
+      endif
+      ind2 = [1, ind+l_t];
+      ind  = [ind, l_s+1];
+
+      ind_diff = ind-ind2;
+
+      ## Create a matrix of the correct size that's filled with spaces.
+      m_rows = length (ind);
+      m_cols = max (ind_diff);
+      m = repmat (" ", m_rows, m_cols);
+
+      ## Copy the strings to the matrix.
+      for i = 1:length (ind)
+	tmp = ind2(i):(ind(i)-1);
+	m(i,1:length(tmp)) = s(tmp);
+      endfor
+    else
+      error ("split: both s and t must be strings");
+    endif
+  else
     usage ("split (s, t)");
   endif
 
-  if not(ischar (s) && ischar (t))
-    error ("split: both s and t must be strings");
-  endif
-
-
-  l_s = length (s);
-  l_t = length (t);
-
-  if (l_s == 0)
-    m = "";
-    return;
-  elseif (l_t == 0)
-    m = s';
-	return;
-  elseif (l_s < l_t)
-    error ("split: s must not be shorter than t");
-  endif
-  
-  if (min(size(s)) ~= 1 | min(size(t)) ~= 1)
-    error("split: multible strings are not supported");
-  endif
-
-  ind = findstr (s, t, 0);
-  if (length (ind) == 0)
-    m = s;
-    return;
-  endif
-  ind2 = [1, ind+l_t];
-  ind  = [ind, l_s+1];
-
-  ind_diff = ind-ind2;
-  % Create a matrix of the correct size that's filled with spaces
-  m_rows = length(ind);
-  m_cols = max(ind_diff);
-  m = char( zeros(m_rows, m_cols) + ' ' );
-
-  % Copy the strings to the matrix
-  for i = 1:length(ind)
-    tmp = ind2(i):(ind(i)-1);
-    m(i, 1:length(tmp)) = s(tmp);
-  end
-
 endfunction