changeset 10093:d90736774da2

inputname: use isvarname instead of regexp
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:49:12 -0500
parents 02453ee20140
children ab1101011a6d
files scripts/ChangeLog scripts/miscellaneous/inputname.m
diffstat 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/scripts/ChangeLog	Wed Jan 13 03:40:45 2010 -0500
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog	Wed Jan 13 03:49:12 2010 -0500
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-01-13  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* miscellaneous/inputname.m: Use isvarname instead of regexp.
+
 2010-01-13  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* miscellaneous/inputname.m: Return "" if argument name is not a
--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/inputname.m	Wed Jan 13 03:40:45 2010 -0500
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/inputname.m	Wed Jan 13 03:49:12 2010 -0500
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     s = evalin ("caller", sprintf ("deblank (argn(%d,:));", n));
     ## For compatibility with Matlab, return empty string if argument
     ## name is not a valid identifier.
-    if (isempty (regexp (s, "^[_a-zA-Z][_a-zA-Z0-9]*$")))
+    if (! isvarname (s))
       s = "";
     endif
   else