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perl.m, python.m: Redo input validation. * perl.m, python.m: Redo input validation to check for correct number of arguments as well as type. Issue more informative error messages when validation fails. Add more BIST tests for input validation.
author Rik <rik@octave.org>
date Sat, 09 Jul 2022 11:11:53 -0700
parents 796f54d4ddbf
children 597f3ee61a48
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {} {} mustBeMember (@var{x}, @var{valid})
##
## Require that input @var{x} is a member of a set of given valid values.
##
## Raise an error if any element of the input @var{x} is not a member
## of the set @var{valid}, as determined by @code{ismember (@var{x})}.
##
## Programming Note: char inputs may behave strangely because of the
## interaction between chars and cellstrings when calling @code{ismember} on
## them.  But it will probably "do what you mean" if you just use it naturally.
## To guarantee operation, convert all char arrays to cellstrings with
## @code{cellstr}.
##
## @seealso{mustBeNonempty, ismember}
## @end deftypefn

function mustBeMember (x, valid)

  if (nargin != 2)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  tf = ! (ismember (x, valid))(:);
  if (any (tf))
    label = inputname (1);
    if (isempty (label))
      label = "input";
    endif
    n_bad = numel (find (tf));
    ## FIXME: Fancy inclusion of bad_val & valid values in the error message.
    ##        Probably use mat2str() in a try/catch for that.
    error ("%s must be one of the specified valid values; found %d elements that were not", ...
           label, n_bad);
  endif

endfunction


%!test
%! mustBeMember (42, 38:50);
%! mustBeMember ("foo", {"foo", "bar", "baz"});
%! mustBeMember (38:42, 37:43);
%! mustBeMember ({"foo","bar"}, {"foo", "bar", "baz"});

%!error <Invalid call> mustBeMember ()
%!error <Invalid call> mustBeMember (1)
%!error <called with too many inputs> mustBeMember (1, 2, 3)
%!error <found 1 elements> mustBeMember ([1, 42], 1:5)
%!error <found 1 elements> mustBeMember ("nope", {"foo", "bar", "baz"})