Same behavior on lucid, karmic and lenny. You should do: a = (1:10) + i*(1:10) then it works.
** Changed in: octave3.2 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- Octave is not able to handle complex numbers in all cases https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/564497 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs