// strfns.cc                                           -*- C++ -*-
/*

Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 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
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*/

#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);

      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;
}

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