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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {} {} mustBeNonsparse (@var{x})
##
## Require that input @var{x} is not sparse.
##
## Raise an error if the input @var{x} is sparse, as determined by
## @code{issparse (@var{x})}.
##
## @seealso{issparse}
## @end deftypefn

function mustBeNonsparse (x)

  if (nargin < 1)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (issparse (x))
    label = inputname (1);
    if (isempty (label))
      label = "input";
    endif
    error ("%s must be nonsparse", label);
  endif

endfunction


%!test
%! mustBeNonsparse ([]);
%! mustBeNonsparse (42);
%! mustBeNonsparse (1:100);
%! mustBeNonsparse ("Hello World");

%!error <Invalid call> mustBeNonsparse ()
%!error <input must be nonsparse> mustBeNonsparse (sparse (42))