How to output matrix dimensions together with its content?

Question

Is it possible to make GNU Octave to output matrix dimensions together with its content? For example, it should produce smth. like this:

octave:1> X = [1          


        

Answer 1

In MATLAB, create display.m in a folder called @double somewhere in your path with this content:

function display(v)
name = inputname(1);
if isempty(name)
    name = 'ans';
end
s = num2cell(size(v));
fprintf('\n%s [%d%s] =\n\n', name, s{1}, sprintf('x%d', s{2:end}));
builtin('disp', v);
end

This way you override the display method for class double, and get exactly what you have described. However, this will not work for other classes like int8, logical or cell. You have to override the method for all classes you are interested in. Example:

>> A=ones(2,2,2)

A [2x2x2] =

(:,:,1) =
     1     1
     1     1
(:,:,2) =
     1     1
     1     1