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author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
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## Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2009 Paul Kienzle
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{t}, @var{p}] =} orderfields (@var{s1}, @var{s2})
## Return a struct with fields arranged alphabetically or as specified
## by @var{s2} and a corresponding permutation vector.
##
## Given one struct, arrange field names in @var{s1} alphabetically.
##
## Given two structs, arrange field names in @var{s1} as they appear
## in @var{s2}.  The second argument may also specify the order in
## a permutation vector or a cell array of strings.
##
## @seealso{getfield, rmfield, isfield, isstruct, fieldnames, struct}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: Paul Kienzle <pkienzle@users.sf.net>
## Adapted-By: jwe

function [t, p] = orderfields (s1, s2)

  if (nargin == 1 || nargin == 2)
    if (! isstruct (s1))
      error ("orderfields: expecting argument to be a struct");
    endif
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (nargin == 1)
    ## One structure: return the fields in alphabetical order.
    if (isstruct (s1))
      names = sort (fieldnames (s1));
    endif
  elseif (nargin == 2)
    if (isstruct (s2))
      ## Two structures: return the fields in the order of s2.
      names = fieldnames (s2);
      if (! isequal (sort (fieldnames (s1)), sort (names)))
	error ("orderfields: structures do not have same fields");
      endif
    elseif (iscellstr (s2))
      ## A structure and a list of fields: order by the list of fields.
      t1 = sort (fieldnames (s1));
      t2 = sort (s2(:));
      if (! isequal (t1, t2))
	error ("orderfields: name list does not match structure fields");
      endif
      names = s2;
    elseif (isvector (s2))
      ## A structure and a permutation vector: permute the order of s1.
      names = fieldnames (s1);
      t1 = sort (s2);
      t1 = t1(:)';
      t2 = 1:numel (names);
      if (! isequal (t1, t2))
	error ("orderfields: invalid permutation vector");
      endif
      names = names (s2);
    endif
  endif

  ## Find permutation vector which converts the original name order
  ## into the new name order.  Note: could save a couple of sorts
  ## in some cases, but performance isn't critical.

  if (nargout == 2)
    [oldel, oldidx] = sort (fieldnames (s1));
    [newel, newidx] = sort (names);
    p = oldidx(newidx);
  endif

  ## Permute the names in the structure.
  if (numel (s1) == 0)
    args = cell (1, 2 * numel (names));
    args(1:2:end) = names;
    args(2:2:end) = {[]};
    t = struct (args{:});
  else
    n = numel (s1);
    for i = 1:numel (names)
      el = names(i);
      [t(1:n).(el)] = s1(:).(el);
    endfor
    ## inherit dimensions
    t = reshape (t, size (s1));
  endif

endfunction

%!shared a, b, c
%! a = struct ("foo", {1, 2}, "bar", {3, 4});
%! b = struct ("bar", 6, "foo", 5);
%! c = struct ("bar", {7, 8}, "foo", 9);
%!test
%! a(2) = orderfields (b, a);
%! assert (a(2).foo, 5)
%! assert (a(2).bar, 6)
%!test
%! a(2) = orderfields (b, [2 1]);
%! assert (a(2).foo, 5)
%! assert (a(2).bar, 6)
%!test
%! a(2) = orderfields (b, fieldnames (a));
%! assert (a(2).foo, 5)
%! assert (a(2).bar, 6)
%!test
%! a(1:2) = orderfields (c, fieldnames (a));
%! assert (a(2).foo, 9)
%! assert (a(2).bar, 8)

%!test
%! aa.x = {1, 2};
%! aa.y = 3;
%! aa(2).x = {4, 5};
%! bb.y = {6, 7};
%! bb.x = 8;
%! aa(2) = orderfields (bb, aa);
%! assert (aa(2).x, 8);
%! assert (aa(2).y{1}, 6);