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Return correct struct for nargchk, nargoutchk (Bug #33808). * nargchk.m, nargoutchk.m: Return struct with message and identifier fields when number of arguments is valid, not just an empty struct.
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1 ## Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Bill Denney
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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} {@var{msgstr} =} nargoutchk (@var{minargs}, @var{maxargs}, @var{nargs})
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21 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{msgstr} =} nargoutchk (@var{minargs}, @var{maxargs}, @var{nargs}, "string")
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22 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{msgstruct} =} nargoutchk (@var{minargs}, @var{maxargs}, @var{nargs}, "struct")
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23 ## Return an appropriate error message string (or structure) if the
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24 ## number of outputs requested is invalid.
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25 ##
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26 ## This is useful for checking to see that the number of output
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27 ## arguments supplied to a function is within an acceptable range.
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28 ## @seealso{nargchk, error, nargout, nargin}
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29 ## @end deftypefn
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31 ## Author: Bill Denney <bill@denney.ws>
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32
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33 function msg = nargoutchk (minargs, maxargs, nargs, outtype)
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35 if (nargin < 3 || nargin > 4)
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36 print_usage ();
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37 elseif (minargs > maxargs)
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38 error ("nargoutchk: MINARGS must be <= MAXARGS");
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39 elseif (nargin == 3)
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40 outtype = "string";
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41 elseif (! any (strcmpi (outtype, {"string" "struct"})))
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42 error ("nargoutchk: output type must be either string or struct");
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43 elseif (! (isscalar (minargs) && isscalar (maxargs) && isscalar (nargs)))
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44 error ("nargoutchk: MINARGS, MAXARGS, and NARGS must be scalars");
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45 endif
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47 msg = struct ("message", "", "identifier", "");
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48 if (nargs < minargs)
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49 msg.message = "not enough output arguments";
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50 msg.identifier = "Octave:nargoutchk:not-enough-outputs";
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51 elseif (nargs > maxargs)
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52 msg.message = "too many output arguments";
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53 msg.identifier = "Octave:nargoutchk:too-many-outputs";
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54 endif
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56 if (strcmpi (outtype, "string"))
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57 msg = msg.message;
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58 endif
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60 endfunction
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63 ## Tests
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64 %!shared stnul, stmin, stmax
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65 %! stnul = struct ("message", "",
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66 %! "identifier", "");
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67 %! stmin = struct ("message", "not enough output arguments",
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68 %! "identifier", "Octave:nargoutchk:not-enough-outputs");
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69 %! stmax = struct ("message", "too many output arguments",
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70 %! "identifier", "Octave:nargoutchk:too-many-outputs");
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71 %!assert (nargoutchk (0, 1, 0), "")
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72 %!assert (nargoutchk (0, 1, 1), "")
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73 %!assert (nargoutchk (1, 1, 0), "not enough output arguments")
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74 %!assert (nargoutchk (0, 1, 2), "too many output arguments")
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75 %!assert (nargoutchk (0, 1, 2, "string"), "too many output arguments")
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76 ## Struct outputs
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77 %!assert (nargoutchk (0, 1, 0, "struct"), stnul)
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78 %!assert (nargoutchk (0, 1, 1, "struct"), stnul)
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79 %!assert (nargoutchk (1, 1, 0, "struct"), stmin)
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80 %!assert (nargoutchk (0, 1, 2, "struct"), stmax)
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