# HG changeset patch
# User Abhinav Tripathi <genuinelucifer@gmail.com>
# Date 1469082815 25200
# Node ID 9da4ca336ddadbcc4183d332b683f3cc8bdaae1c
# Parent  237b71aaf6e7396a45660d4671178c7f985d3754
Add 'length' property to @pyobject (fixes issue #9)

* @pyobject/pyobject.m: Add the new length property and tests

diff -r 237b71aaf6e7 -r 9da4ca336dda @pyobject/pyobject.m
--- a/@pyobject/pyobject.m	Wed Jul 20 14:24:09 2016 -0700
+++ b/@pyobject/pyobject.m	Wed Jul 20 23:33:35 2016 -0700
@@ -118,6 +118,14 @@
         vargout = {s};
       endif
     endfunction
+
+    function len = length (x)
+      try
+        len = pycall ("len", x);
+      catch
+        len = 1;
+      end_try_catch
+    endfunction
   endmethods
 endclassdef
 
@@ -126,3 +134,13 @@
 %! pyexec ("import sys")
 %! A = pyeval ("sys");
 %! assert (isa (A, "pyobject"))
+
+%!test
+%! pyobj = pyeval ("{1:2, 2:3, 3:4}");
+%! assert (isa (pyobj, "pyobject"))
+%! assert (length (pyobj), 3)
+
+%!test
+%! pyexec ("import sys");
+%! pyobj = pyeval ("sys");
+%! assert (length (pyobj), 1)