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doc: Update more docstrings to have one sentence summary as first line. Reviewed io, java, linear-algebra, prefs, and set script directories. * scripts/io/beep.m, scripts/io/dlmwrite.m, scripts/io/importdata.m, scripts/io/strread.m, scripts/io/textread.m, scripts/java/javaArray.m, scripts/java/java_get.m, scripts/java/java_set.m, scripts/java/javaaddpath.m, scripts/java/javachk.m, scripts/java/javaclasspath.m, scripts/java/javamem.m, scripts/java/javarmpath.m, scripts/linear-algebra/bandwidth.m, scripts/linear-algebra/commutation_matrix.m, scripts/linear-algebra/cond.m, scripts/linear-algebra/condest.m, scripts/linear-algebra/cross.m, scripts/linear-algebra/duplication_matrix.m, scripts/linear-algebra/expm.m, scripts/linear-algebra/housh.m, scripts/linear-algebra/isdefinite.m, scripts/linear-algebra/ishermitian.m, scripts/linear-algebra/issymmetric.m, scripts/linear-algebra/istril.m, scripts/linear-algebra/istriu.m, scripts/linear-algebra/krylov.m, scripts/linear-algebra/logm.m, scripts/linear-algebra/normest.m, scripts/linear-algebra/null.m, scripts/linear-algebra/onenormest.m, scripts/linear-algebra/orth.m, scripts/linear-algebra/qzhess.m, scripts/linear-algebra/rank.m, scripts/linear-algebra/rref.m, scripts/linear-algebra/vech.m, scripts/path/matlabroot.m, scripts/prefs/addpref.m, scripts/prefs/getpref.m, scripts/prefs/ispref.m, scripts/prefs/rmpref.m, scripts/prefs/setpref.m, scripts/set/powerset.m, scripts/set/setdiff.m: Update more docstrings to have one sentence summary as first line.
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1 ## Copyright (C) 2012-2015 John W. Eaton
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2 ##
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3 ## This file is part of Octave.
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4 ##
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5 ## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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6 ## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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7 ## the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
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8 ## your option) any later version.
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9 ##
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10 ## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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11 ## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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12 ## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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13 ## General Public License for more details.
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14 ##
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15 ## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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16 ## along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, see
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17 ## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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19 ## -*- texinfo -*-
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20 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {} getpref (@var{group}, @var{pref})
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21 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} getpref (@var{group}, @var{pref}, @var{default})
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22 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} getpref (@var{group})
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23 ## Return the preference value corresponding to the named preference @var{pref}
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24 ## in the preference group @var{group}.
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25 ##
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26 ## The named preference group must be a character string.
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27 ##
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28 ## If @var{pref} does not exist in @var{group} and @var{default} is
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29 ## specified, return @var{default}.
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30 ##
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31 ## The preference @var{pref} may be a character string or a cell array of
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32 ## character strings.
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33 ##
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34 ## The corresponding default value @var{default} may be any value, or, if
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35 ## @var{pref} is a cell array of strings, @var{default} must be a cell array
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36 ## of values with the same size as @var{pref}.
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37 ##
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38 ## If neither @var{pref} nor @var{default} are specified, return a structure
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39 ## of preferences for the preference group @var{group}.
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40 ##
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41 ## If no arguments are specified, return a structure containing all groups of
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42 ## preferences and their values.
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43 ## @seealso{addpref, setpref, ispref, rmpref}
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44 ## @end deftypefn
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46 ## Author: jwe
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48 function retval = getpref (group, pref, default)
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50 if (nargin == 0)
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51 retval = loadprefs ();
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52 elseif (nargin == 1)
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53 if (ischar (group))
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54 prefs = loadprefs ();
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55 if (isfield (prefs, group))
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56 retval = prefs.(group);
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57 else
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58 retval = [];
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59 endif
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60 else
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61 error ("expecting group to be a character string");
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62 endif
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63 elseif (nargin == 2 || nargin == 3)
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64 grp = getpref (group);
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65 if (ischar (pref))
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66 if (isfield (grp, pref))
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67 retval = grp.(pref);
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69 retval = default;
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70 else
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71 error ("preference %s does not exist in group %s", pref, group);
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72 endif
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73 elseif (iscellstr (pref))
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74 if (nargin == 2 || size_equal (pref, default))
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75 for i = 1:numel (pref)
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77 retval.(pref) = grp.(pref{i});
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78 elseif (nargin == 3)
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79 retval.(pref) = default{i};
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80 else
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81 error ("preference %s does not exist in group %s", pref{i}, group);
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82 endif
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83 endfor
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84 else
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85 error ("size mismatch for pref and default");
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86 endif
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87 else
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88 error ("expecting pref to be a character string or cellstr");
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89 endif
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90 else
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91 print_usage ();
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92 endif
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93
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94 endfunction
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97 ## Testing these functions will require some care to avoid wiping out
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98 ## existing (or creating unwanted) preferences for the user running the
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99 ## tests.
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