Re: [Gretl-devel] issue with string(s) as function argument

Thanks for fixing it that quickly, Allin. It works fine now. Actually the expression already included "void" here, but I forgot to add it in the example. Best, Artur 2014-06-22 16:28 GMT+02:00 Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu&gt;: > On Sun, 22 Jun 2014, Artur T. wrote: > > > I updated gretl to latest cvs and obtained an error which did not > > occur using a previous version from last week. > > > > The function I have includes string arguments which are stated as > > something like: > > > > function latextab (matrix M1, string S1, string S2) > > > > As said, I obtain the following message now: > > > > <ERROR> > > latextab: argument 15 is of the wrong type (is string, should be strings) > > Data types not conformable for operation > > </ERROR> > > > > It may be related to the latest "array" function where an array of > > STRINGS can be used as mentioned in Allin's news on "CVS news, part 2". > > Does this mean that the function has to be re-written to something like: > > function latextab (matrix M1, strings S1, strings S2) > > Thanks for the report. No, it's still perfectly OK to have a > function with arguments of type "string" (although "strings" in the > plural is now also an option). > > I'm afraid a introduced a typo yesterday that is responsible for the > mix-up you cite. That's now fixed in CVS. > > However, the line > > function latextab (matrix M1, string S1, string S2) > > should in fact produce an error: > > > function latextab (matrix M1, string S1, string S2) > Missing function return type > > This is because we're no longer supporting old-style function > definitions (pre gretl 1.8.4) that do not state the return type > before the name of the function (or "void" for no return value). > That is, if "latextab" doesn't return anything its definition must > start > > > Please see http://gretl.sourceforge.net/Backward.html and the > chapter on User-defined functions in the current Guide. > > Allin > > _______________________________________________ > Gretl-devel mailing list > Gretl-devel(a)lists.wfu.edu > http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-devel >