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Remove fuzzy matching from odeset/odeget. * levenshtein.cc: Deleted file. * libinterp/corefcn/module.mk: Remove levenshtein.cc from build system. * fuzzy_compare.m: Deleted file. * scripts/ode/module.mk: Remove fuzzy_compare.m from build system * odeget.m: Reword docstring. Use a persistent cellstr variable to keep track of all options. Replace fuzzy_compare() calls with combination of strcmpi and strncmpi. Report errors relative to function odeget rather than OdePkg. Rewrite and extend BIST tests. Add input validation BIST tests. * odeset.m: Reword docstring. Use a persistent cellstr variable to keep track of all options. Replace fuzzy_compare() calls with combination of strcmpi and strncmpi. Report errors relative to function odeset rather than OdePkg. Use more meaningful variables names and create intermediate variables with logical names to help make code readable. Remove interactive input when multiple property names match and just issue an error. Rewrite BIST tests. * ode_struct_value_check.m: Remove input checking for private function which must always be invoked correctly by caller. Use intermediate variables opt and val to make the code more understandable. Consolidate checks on values into single if statements. Use 'val == fix (val)' to check for integer. * __unimplemented__.m: Removed odeset, odeget, ode45 from list.
author Rik <rik@octave.org>
date Fri, 09 Oct 2015 12:03:23 -0700
parents 7503499a252b
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## Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Søren Hauberg
##
## 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 3 of the License, 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, see
## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Command} {} help @var{name}
## @deftypefnx {Command} {} help @code{--list}
## @deftypefnx {Command} {} help @code{.}
## @deftypefnx {Command} {} help
## Display the help text for @var{name}.
##
## For example, the command @kbd{help help} prints a short message describing
## the @code{help} command.
##
## Given the single argument @code{--list}, list all operators, keywords,
## built-in functions, and loadable functions available in the current session
## of Octave.
##
## Given the single argument @code{.}, list all operators available in the
## current session of Octave.
##
## If invoked without any arguments, @code{help} display instructions on how to
## access help from the command line.
##
## The help command can provide information about most operators, for example
## @code{help +}, but not the comma and semicolon characters which are used
## by the Octave interpreter as command separators.  For help on either of
## these type @kbd{help comma} or @kbd{help semicolon}.
## @seealso{doc, lookfor, which, info}
## @end deftypefn

function retval = help (name)

  if (nargin == 0)

    text = "\n\
  For help with individual commands and functions type\n\
\n\
    help NAME\n\
\n\
  (replace NAME with the name of the command or function you would\n\
  like to learn more about).\n\
\n\
  For a more detailed introduction to GNU Octave, please consult the\n\
  manual.  To read the manual from the prompt type\n\
\n\
    doc\n\
\n\
  GNU Octave is supported and developed by its user community.\n\
  For more information visit http://www.octave.org.\n\n";

    if (nargout == 0)
      puts (text);
    else
      retval = text;
    endif

  elseif (nargin == 1 && ischar (name))

    if (strcmp (name, "--list"))
      list = do_list_functions ();
      if (nargout == 0)
        printf ("%s", list);
      else
        retval = list;
      endif
      return;
    endif

    if (strcmp (name, "."))
      list = do_list_operators ();
      if (nargout == 0)
        printf ("%s", list);
      else
        retval = list;
      endif
      return;
    endif

    ## Get help text
    [text, format] = get_help_text (name);

    ## Take action depending on help text format
    switch (lower (format))
      case "plain text"
        status = 0;
      case "texinfo"
        [text, status] = __makeinfo__ (text, "plain text");
      case "html"
        [text, status] = strip_html_tags (text);
      case "not documented"
        error ("help: '%s' is not documented\n", name);
      case "not found"
        do_contents (name);
        return;
      otherwise
        error ("help: internal error: unsupported help text format: '%s'\n", format);
    endswitch

    ## Print text
    if (status != 0)
      warning ("help: Texinfo formatting filter exited abnormally; raw Texinfo source of help text follows...\n");
    endif

    if (nargout == 0)
      which (name);
      printf ("\n%s\n%s", text, __additional_help_message__ ());
    else
      retval = text;
    endif

  else
    error ("help: invalid input\n");
  endif

endfunction

function retval = do_list_operators ()

  retval = sprintf ("*** operators:\n\n%s\n\n",
                    list_in_columns (__operators__ ()));
endfunction

function retval = do_list_functions ()

  operators = do_list_operators ();

  keywords = sprintf ("*** keywords:\n\n%s\n\n",
                      list_in_columns (__keywords__ ()));

  builtins = sprintf ("*** builtins:\n\n%s\n\n",
                      list_in_columns (__builtins__ ()));

  dirs = ostrsplit (path, pathsep);
  flist = "";
  for i = 2:numel (dirs)
    files = sort ({dir(fullfile (dirs{i}, "*.m")).name, ...
                   dir(fullfile (dirs{i}, "*.oct")).name, ...
                   dir(fullfile (dirs{i}, "*.mex")).name});

    if (! isempty (files))
      flist = sprintf ("%s*** functions in %s:\n\n%s\n\n",
                       flist, dirs{i}, list_in_columns (files));
    endif
  endfor

  retval = [operators, keywords, builtins, flist];

endfunction

function do_contents (name)

  found = false;

  dlist = dir_in_loadpath (name, "all");

  for i = 1:numel (dlist)
    fname = make_absolute_filename (fullfile (dlist{i}, "Contents.m"));

    [text, format] = get_help_text_from_file (fname);

    ## Take action depending on help text format
    switch (lower (format))
      case "plain text"
        status = 0;
      case "texinfo"
        [text, status] = __makeinfo__ (text, "plain text");
      case "html"
        [text, status] = strip_html_tags (text);
    endswitch

    if (! isempty (text))
      found = true;
      ## Print text.
      if (status != 0)
        warning ("help: Texinfo formatting filter exited abnormally; raw Texinfo source of help text follows...\n");
      endif
      printf ("%s:\n\n%s\n", fname, text);
    endif

  endfor

  if (found)
    puts (__additional_help_message__ ());
  else
    msg = feval (missing_function_hook, name);

    if (isempty (msg))
      msg = sprintf ("'%s' not found", name);
    endif

    error ("help: %s\n", msg);
  endif

endfunction


%!assert (! isempty (strfind (help ("ls"), "List directory contents")))
%!assert (! isempty (strfind (help ("."), "||")))

## Test input validation
%!error <invalid input> help (42)
%!error <invalid input> help ("abc", "def")
%!error <'_!UNLIKELY_FCN!_' not found> help ("_!UNLIKELY_FCN!_")