Don't return a value from fprintf/fputs if no fid is given (and it defaults
to stdout) so that you don't have ans= interspersed with your fprintf output.

Paul Kienzle
pkienzle@kienzle.powernet.co.uk


*** src/file-io.cc	2000/10/05 12:32:11	1.1
--- src/file-io.cc	2000/11/14 10:07:34
*************** from the beginning of the file @var{fid}
*** 630,636 ****
    return retval;
  }
  
! DEFUN (fprintf, args, ,
    "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
  @deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} fprintf (@var{fid}, @var{template}, @dots{})\n\
  This function is just like @code{printf}, except that the output is\n\
--- 630,636 ----
    return retval;
  }
  
! DEFUN (fprintf, args, nargout,
    "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
  @deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} fprintf (@var{fid}, @var{template}, @dots{})\n\
  This function is just like @code{printf}, except that the output is\n\
*************** written to the stream @var{fid} instead 
*** 638,643 ****
--- 638,644 ----
  @end deftypefn")
  {
    double retval = -1.0;
+   bool do_return = true;
  
    int nargin = args.length ();
  
*************** written to the stream @var{fid} instead 
*** 646,653 ****
        octave_stream os;
        int fmt_n = 0;
  
!       if (args(0).is_string ())
! 	os = octave_stream_list::lookup (1, "fprintf");
        else
  	{
  	  fmt_n = 1;
--- 647,657 ----
        octave_stream os;
        int fmt_n = 0;
  
!       if (args(0).is_string ()) 
! 	{
! 	  os = octave_stream_list::lookup (1, "fprintf");
! 	  do_return = (nargout != 0);
! 	}
        else
  	{
  	  fmt_n = 1;
*************** written to the stream @var{fid} instead 
*** 679,685 ****
    else
      print_usage ("fprintf");
  
!   return retval;
  }
  
  DEFUN (fputs, args, ,
--- 683,692 ----
    else
      print_usage ("fprintf");
  
!   if (do_return)
!     return retval;
!   else
!     return octave_value();
  }
  
  DEFUN (fputs, args, ,