Thread Subject: reading hebrew font

Hi,

I have two computers at work - one uses matlab 2007a and the other uses matlab 2008a.

When I use matlab 2007a, I am able to read into a variable a string of hebrew text. For example, if I type into the command line:
a = 'עכבר';
Then I get:
a =

עכבר

However, when I try to do the same thing in matlab 2008a, then for some reason I am unable to assign hebrew text to a variable. That is, if I type:
a = 'עכבר';
Then I get that a equals some jibberish characters that look like squares (not hebrew characters).

Does anyone know why this happens and how I can use hebrew string characters in matlab 2008a as well?

Thanks,
Sharon.

"Sharon Gilad" <sharon.gilad@weizmann.ac.il> wrote in message <h70r67$j61$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Hi,
>
> I have two computers at work - one uses matlab 2007a and the other uses matlab 2008a.
>
> When I use matlab 2007a, I am able to read into a variable a string of hebrew text. For example, if I type into the command line:
> a = 'עכבר';
> Then I get:
> a =
>
> עכבר
>
> However, when I try to do the same thing in matlab 2008a, then for some reason I am unable to assign hebrew text to a variable. That is, if I type:
> a = 'עכבר';
> Then I get that a equals some jibberish characters that look like squares (not hebrew characters).
>
> Does anyone know why this happens and how I can use hebrew string characters in matlab 2008a as well?
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Are the two versions are being run on the same computer?

In any case, type the following in both versions and report the output

>>double('עכבר')

"Sharon Gilad" <sharon.gilad@weizmann.ac.il> wrote in message <h70r67$j61$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Hi,
>
> I have two computers at work - one uses matlab 2007a and the other uses matlab 2008a.
>
> When I use matlab 2007a, I am able to read into a variable a string of hebrew text. For example, if I type into the command line:
> a = 'עכבר';
> Then I get:
> a =
>
> עכבר
>
> However, when I try to do the same thing in matlab 2008a, then for some reason I am unable to assign hebrew text to a variable. That is, if I type:
> a = 'עכבר';
> Then I get that a equals some jibberish characters that look like squares (not hebrew characters).
>
> Does anyone know why this happens and how I can use hebrew string characters in matlab 2008a as well?
>
> Thanks,
> Sharon.

Simply change your Matlab preferences to use the Courier New font instead of the default font.

Yair Altman
http://UndocumentedMatlab.com

"Yair Altman" <altmanyDEL@gmailDEL.comDEL> wrote in message <hkt0o0$6jb$1@fred.mathworks.com>...

> Simply change your Matlab preferences to use the Courier New font instead of the default font.
>


Nope. That didn't work for me:

>> a = 'עכבר';
>> a

a =