--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/strfns.cc	Fri Oct 14 14:21:58 1994 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+// strfns.cc                                           -*- C++ -*-
+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994 John W. Eaton
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+later version.
+
+Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "dMatrix.h"
+
+#include "tree-const.h"
+#include "oct-obj.h"
+#include "error.h"
+#include "gripes.h"
+#include "defun.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+#include "help.h"
+
+DEFUN ("isstr", Fisstr, Sisstr, 1, 1,
+  "isstr (X): return 1 if X is a string, 0 otherwise")
+{
+  Octave_object retval;
+
+  int nargin = args.length ();
+
+  if (nargin == 1 && args(0).is_defined ())
+    retval = (double) args(0).is_string ();
+  else
+    print_usage ("isstr");
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
+DEFUN ("setstr", Fsetstr, Ssetstr, 1, 1,
+  "setstr (V): convert a vector to a string")
+{
+  Octave_object retval;
+
+  int nargin = args.length ();
+
+  if (nargin == 1 && args(0).is_defined ())
+    retval = args(0).convert_to_str ();
+  else
+    print_usage ("setstr");
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
+DEFUN ("toascii", Ftoascii, Stoascii, 1, 1,
+  "toascii (STRING): return ASCII representation of STRING in a matrix")
+{
+  Octave_object retval;
+
+  int nargin = args.length ();
+
+  if (nargin == 1)
+    {
+      tree_constant arg = args(0).is_string ();
+
+      if (arg.is_string ())
+	{
+	  char *str = args(0).string_value ();
+
+	  int len = strlen (str);
+
+	  Matrix m (1, len);
+
+	  for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
+	    m (0, i) = toascii (str[i]);
+
+	  retval = m;
+	}
+      else
+	gripe_wrong_type_arg ("toascii", arg);
+    }
+  else
+    print_usage ("toascii");
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; page-delimiter: "^/\\*" ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/