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#### 12.2.2 Enabling and Disabling Warnings

The `warning` function also allows you to control which warnings are actually printed to the screen. If the `warning` function is called with a string argument that is either `"on"` or `"off"` all warnings will be enabled or disabled.

It is also possible to enable and disable individual warnings through their string identifications. The following code will issue a warning

         warning ("non-negative-variable",
                  "'a' must be non-negative.  Setting 'a' to zero.");

while the following won't issue a warning

         warning ("off", "non-negative-variable");
         warning ("non-negative-variable",
                  "'a' must be non-negative.  Setting 'a' to zero.");

The functions distributed with Octave can issue one of the following warnings.

`Octave:abbreviated-property-match`
  By default, the `Octave:abbreviated-property-match` warning is enabled.
`Octave:array-to-scalar`
  If the `Octave:array-to-scalar` warning is enabled, Octave will warn when an implicit conversion from an array to a scalar value is attempted. By default, the `Octave:array-to-scalar` warning is disabled.
`Octave:array-to-vector`
  If the `Octave:array-to-vector` warning is enabled, Octave will warn when an implicit conversion from an array to a vector value is attempted. By default, the `Octave:array-to-vector` warning is disabled.
`Octave:assign-as-truth-value`
  If the `Octave:assign-as-truth-value` warning is enabled, a warning is issued for statements like

                if (s = t)
                  ...

  since such statements are not common, and it is likely that the intent was to write

                if (s == t)
                  ...

  instead.

  There are times when it is useful to write code that contains assignments within the condition of a `while` or `if` statement. For example, statements like

                while (c = getc ())
                  ...

  are common in C programming.

  It is possible to avoid all warnings about such statements by disabling the `Octave:assign-as-truth-value` warning, but that may also let real errors like

                if (x = 1)  # intended to test (x == 1)!
                  ...

  slip by.

  In such cases, it is possible suppress errors for specific statements by writing them with an extra set of parentheses. For example, writing the previous example as

                while ((c = getc ()))
                  ...

  will prevent the warning from being printed for this statement, while allowing Octave to warn about other assignments used in conditional contexts.

  By default, the `Octave:assign-as-truth-value` warning is enabled.

`Octave:associativity-change`
  If the `Octave:associativity-change` warning is enabled, Octave will warn about possible changes in the meaning of some code due to changes in associativity for some operators. Associativity changes have typically been made for matlab compatibility. By default, the `Octave:associativity-change` warning is enabled.
`Octave:autoload-relative-file-name`
  If the `Octave:autoload-relative-file-name` is enabled, Octave will warn when parsing autoload() function calls with relative paths to function files. This usually happens when using autoload() calls in PKG_ADD files, when the PKG_ADD file is not in the same directory as the .oct file referred to by the autoload() command. By default, the `Octave:autoload-relative-file-name` warning is enabled.
`Octave:broadcast`
  Warn when performing broadcasting operations. By default, this is enabled. See Broadcasting in the chapter Vectorization and Faster Code Execution of the manual.
`Octave:built-in-variable-assignment`
  By default, the `Octave:built-in-variable-assignment` warning is enabled.
`Octave:divide-by-zero`
  If the `Octave:divide-by-zero` warning is enabled, a warning is issued when Octave encounters a division by zero. By default, the `Octave:divide-by-zero` warning is enabled.
`Octave:fopen-file-in-path`
  By default, the `Octave:fopen-file-in-path` warning is enabled.
`Octave:function-name-clash`
  If the `Octave:function-name-clash` warning is enabled, a warning is issued when Octave finds that the name of a function defined in a function file differs from the name of the file. (If the names disagree, the name declared inside the file is ignored.) By default, the `Octave:function-name-clash` warning is enabled.
`Octave:future-time-stamp`
  If the `Octave:future-time-stamp` warning is enabled, Octave will print a warning if it finds a function file with a time stamp that is in the future. By default, the `Octave:future-time-stamp` warning is enabled.
`Octave:glyph-render`
  By default, the `Octave:glyph-render` warning is enabled.
`Octave:imag-to-real`
  If the `Octave:imag-to-real` warning is enabled, a warning is printed for implicit conversions of complex numbers to real numbers. By default, the `Octave:imag-to-real` warning is disabled.
`Octave:load-file-in-path`
  By default, the `Octave:load-file-in-path` warning is enabled.
`Octave:logical-conversion`
  By default, the `Octave:logical-conversion` warning is enabled.
`Octave:matlab-incompatible`
  Print warnings for Octave language features that may cause compatibility problems with matlab. By default, the `Octave:matlab-incompatible` warning is disabled.
`Octave:md5sum-file-in-path`
  By default, the `Octave:md5sum-file-in-path` warning is enabled.
`Octave:missing-glyph`
  By default, the `Octave:missing-glyph` warning is enabled.
`Octave:missing-semicolon`
  If the `Octave:missing-semicolon` warning is enabled, Octave will warn when statements in function definitions don't end in semicolons. By default the `Octave:missing-semicolon` warning is disabled.
`Octave:mixed-string-concat`
  If the `Octave:mixed-string-concat` warning is enabled, print a warning when concatenating a mixture of double and single quoted strings. By default, the `Octave:mixed-string-concat` warning is disabled.
`Octave:neg-dim-as-zero`
  If the `Octave:neg-dim-as-zero` warning is enabled, print a warning for expressions like

                eye (-1)

  By default, the `Octave:neg-dim-as-zero` warning is disabled.

`Octave:nested-functions-coerced`
  By default, the `Octave:nested-functions-coerced` warning is enabled.
`Octave:noninteger-range-as-index`
  By default, the `Octave:noninteger-range-as-index` warning is enabled.
`Octave:num-to-str`
  If the `Octave:num-to-str` warning is enable, a warning is printed for implicit conversions of numbers to their ASCII character equivalents when strings are constructed using a mixture of strings and numbers in matrix notation. For example,

                [ "f", 111, 111 ]
                ⇒ "foo"

  elicits a warning if the `Octave:num-to-str` warning is enabled. By default, the `Octave:num-to-str` warning is enabled.

`Octave:possible-matlab-short-circuit-operator`
  If the `Octave:possible-matlab-short-circuit-operator` warning is enabled, Octave will warn about using the not short circuiting operators `&` and `|` inside `if` or `while` conditions. They normally never short circuit, but matlab always short circuits if any logical operators are used in a condition. You can turn on the option

                do_braindead_shortcircuit_evaluation (1)

  if you would like to enable this short-circuit evaluation in Octave. Note that the `&&` and `||` operators always short circuit in both Octave and matlab, so it's only necessary to enable matlab-style short-circuiting it's too arduous to modify existing code that relies on this behavior. By default, the `Octave:possible-matlab-short-circuit-operator` warning is enabled.

`Octave:precedence-change`
  If the `Octave:precedence-change` warning is enabled, Octave will warn about possible changes in the meaning of some code due to changes in precedence for some operators. Precedence changes have typically been made for matlab compatibility. By default, the `Octave:precedence-change` warning is enabled.
`Octave:recursive-path-search`
  By default, the `Octave:recursive-path-search` warning is enabled.
`Octave:reload-forces-clear`
  If several functions have been loaded from the same file, Octave must clear all the functions before any one of them can be reloaded. If the `Octave:reload-forces-clear` warning is enabled, Octave will warn you when this happens, and print a list of the additional functions that it is forced to clear. By default, the `Octave:reload-forces-clear` warning is enabled.
`Octave:resize-on-range-error`
  If the `Octave:resize-on-range-error` warning is enabled, print a warning when a matrix is resized by an indexed assignment with indices outside the current bounds. By default, the ## `Octave:resize-on-range-error` warning is disabled.
`Octave:separator-insert`
  Print warning if commas or semicolons might be inserted automatically in literal matrices. By default, the `Octave:separator-insert` warning is disabled.
`Octave:shadowed-function`
  By default, the `Octave:shadowed-function` warning is enabled.
`Octave:single-quote-string`
  Print warning if a single quote character is used to introduce a string constant. By default, the `Octave:single-quote-string` warning is disabled.
`Octave:singular-matrix-div`
  By default, the `Octave:singular-matrix-div` warning is enabled.
`Octave:sqrtm:SingularMatrix`
  By default, the `Octave:sqrtm:SingularMatrix` warning is enabled.
`Octave:str-to-num`
  If the `Octave:str-to-num` warning is enabled, a warning is printed for implicit conversions of strings to their numeric ASCII equivalents. For example,

                "abc" + 0
                ⇒ 97 98 99

  elicits a warning if the `Octave:str-to-num` warning is enabled. By default, the `Octave:str-to-num` warning is disabled.

`Octave:undefined-return-values`
  If the `Octave:undefined-return-values` warning is disabled, print a warning if a function does not define all the values in the return list which are expected. By default, the `Octave:undefined-return-values` warning is enabled.
`Octave:variable-switch-label`
  If the `Octave:variable-switch-label` warning is enabled, Octave will print a warning if a switch label is not a constant or constant expression. By default, the `Octave:variable-switch-label` warning is disabled.