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1 ########################################################################
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3 ## Copyright (C) 2008-2022 The Octave Project Developers
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4 ##
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5 ## See the file COPYRIGHT.md in the top-level directory of this
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6 ## distribution or <https://octave.org/copyright/>.
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8 ## This file is part of Octave.
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10 ## Octave is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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12 ## the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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13 ## (at your option) any later version.
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15 ## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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17 ## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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18 ## GNU General Public License for more details.
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19 ##
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20 ## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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21 ## along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, see
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22 ## <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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23 ##
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24 ########################################################################
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26 ## -*- texinfo -*-
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27 ## @deftypefn {} {@var{msgstr} =} nargchk (@var{minargs}, @var{maxargs}, @var{nargs})
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28 ## @deftypefnx {} {@var{msgstr} =} nargchk (@var{minargs}, @var{maxargs}, @var{nargs}, "string")
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29 ## @deftypefnx {} {@var{msgstruct} =} nargchk (@var{minargs}, @var{maxargs}, @var{nargs}, "struct")
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30 ## Return an appropriate error message string (or structure) if the number of
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31 ## inputs requested is invalid.
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32 ##
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33 ## This is useful for checking to see that the number of input arguments
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34 ## supplied to a function is within an acceptable range.
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35 ##
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36 ## @strong{Caution}: @code{nargchk} is scheduled for deprecation. Use
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37 ## @code{narginchk} in all new code.
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38 ## @seealso{narginchk, nargoutchk, error, nargin, nargout}
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39 ## @end deftypefn
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41 function msg = nargchk (minargs, maxargs, nargs, outtype = "string")
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43 if (nargin < 3)
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44 print_usage ();
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45 elseif (minargs > maxargs)
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46 error ("nargchk: MINARGS must be <= MAXARGS");
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47 elseif (! any (strcmpi (outtype, {"string", "struct"})))
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48 error ('nargchk: output type must be either "string" or "struct"');
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49 elseif (! (isscalar (minargs) && isscalar (maxargs) && isscalar (nargs)))
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50 error ("nargchk: MINARGS, MAXARGS, and NARGS must be scalars");
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51 endif
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53 msg = struct ("message", "", "identifier", "");
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54 if (nargs < minargs)
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55 msg.message = "not enough input arguments";
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56 msg.identifier = "Octave:nargchk:not-enough-inputs";
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57 elseif (nargs > maxargs)
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58 msg.message = "too many input arguments";
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59 msg.identifier = "Octave:nargchk:too-many-inputs";
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60 endif
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62 if (strcmpi (outtype, "string"))
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63 msg = msg.message;
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64 elseif (isempty (msg.message))
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65 ## Compatibility: Matlab returns a 0x1 empty struct when nargchk passes
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66 msg = resize (msg, 0, 1);
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67 endif
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69 endfunction
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72 ## Tests
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73 %!shared stnul, stmin, stmax
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74 %! stnul = resize (struct ("message", "", "identifier", ""), 0, 1);
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75 %! stmin = struct ("message", "not enough input arguments",
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76 %! "identifier", "Octave:nargchk:not-enough-inputs");
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77 %! stmax = struct ("message", "too many input arguments",
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78 %! "identifier", "Octave:nargchk:too-many-inputs");
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79 %!assert (nargchk (0, 1, 0), "")
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80 %!assert (nargchk (0, 1, 1), "")
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81 %!assert (nargchk (1, 1, 0), "not enough input arguments")
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82 %!assert (nargchk (0, 1, 2), "too many input arguments")
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83 %!assert (nargchk (0, 1, 2, "string"), "too many input arguments")
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84 ## Struct outputs
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85 %!assert (nargchk (0, 1, 0, "struct"), stnul)
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86 %!assert (nargchk (0, 1, 1, "struct"), stnul)
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87 %!assert (nargchk (1, 1, 0, "struct"), stmin)
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88 %!assert (nargchk (0, 1, 2, "struct"), stmax)