--- a/src/ov-cx-mat.cc	Tue Feb 22 17:42:16 2005 +0000
+++ b/src/ov-cx-mat.cc	Wed Feb 23 00:18:58 2005 +0000
@@ -421,6 +421,18 @@
 	  dv(i) = di;
 	}
 
+      // Convert an array with a single dimension to be a row vector.
+      // Octave should never write files like this, other software
+      // might.
+
+      if (mdims == 1)
+	{
+	  mdims = 2;
+	  dv.resize (mdims);
+	  dv(1) = dv(0);
+	  dv(0) = 1;
+	}
+
       if (! is.read (X_CAST (char *, &tmp), 1))
 	return false;