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perl.m, python.m: Redo input validation. * perl.m, python.m: Redo input validation to check for correct number of arguments as well as type. Issue more informative error messages when validation fails. Add more BIST tests for input validation.
author Rik <rik@octave.org>
date Sat, 09 Jul 2022 11:11:53 -0700
parents 796f54d4ddbf
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {} {@var{choice} =} menu (@var{title}, @var{opt1}, @dots{})
## @deftypefnx {} {@var{choice} =} menu (@var{title}, @{@var{opt1}, @dots{}@})
## Display a menu with heading @var{title} and options @var{opt1}, @dots{},
## and wait for user input.
##
## If the GUI is running, the menu is displayed graphically using
## @code{listdlg}.  Otherwise, the title and menu options are printed on the
## console.
##
## @var{title} is a string and the options may be input as individual strings
## or as a cell array of strings.
##
## The return value @var{choice} is the number of the option selected by the
## user counting from 1.  If the user aborts the dialog or makes an invalid
## selection then 0 is returned.
##
## This function is useful for interactive programs.  There is no limit to the
## number of options that may be passed in, but it may be confusing to present
## more than will fit easily on one screen.
## @seealso{input, listdlg}
## @end deftypefn

function choice = menu (title, varargin)

  if (nargin < 2)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (! ischar (title))
    error ("menu: TITLE must be a string");
  elseif (nargin > 2 && ! iscellstr (varargin))
    error ("menu: All OPTIONS must be strings");
  elseif (! ischar (varargin{1}) && ! iscellstr (varargin{1}))
    error ("menu: OPTIONS must be string or cell array of strings");
  endif

  if (__event_manager_enabled__ ())  # GUI menu
    [choice, ok] = listdlg ("Name", "menu", "PromptString", title,
                            "ListString", varargin, "SelectionMode", "Single");
    if (! ok)
      choice = 0;
    endif
  else  # console menu
    ## Force pending output to appear before the menu.
    fflush (stdout);

    ## Don't send the menu through the pager as that can cause major confusion.
    page_screen_output (false, "local");

    if (! isempty (title))
      printf ("%s\n", title);
    endif

    ## Handle case where choices are given as a cell array
    if (iscellstr (varargin{1}))
      varargin = varargin{1};
    endif

    nopt = numel (varargin);
    for i = 1:nopt
      printf ("  [%2d] %s\n", i, varargin{i});
    endfor
    printf ("\n");

    s = input ("Select a number: ", "s");
    choice = sscanf (s, "%d");

    if (! isscalar (choice) || choice < 1 || choice > nopt)
      warning ("menu: input invalid or out of range\n");
      choice = 0;
    endif
  endif

endfunction


## Test input validation
%!error <Invalid call> menu ()
%!error <Invalid call> menu ("title")
%!error <TITLE must be a string> menu (1, "opt1")
%!error <All OPTIONS must be strings> menu ("title", "opt1", 1)
%!error <OPTIONS must be string or cell array of strings> menu ("title", 1)