X-Git-Url: https://git.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/pubgit/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=octave_packages%2Fmiscellaneous-1.1.0%2Ftemp_name.m;fp=octave_packages%2Fmiscellaneous-1.1.0%2Ftemp_name.m;h=4cb6f9d98b7e03d63fc2911ca66ddae346445329;hb=f5f7a74bd8a4900f0b797da6783be80e11a68d86;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hpb=1705066eceaaea976f010f669ce8e972f3734b05;p=CreaPhase.git diff --git a/octave_packages/miscellaneous-1.1.0/temp_name.m b/octave_packages/miscellaneous-1.1.0/temp_name.m new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4cb6f9d --- /dev/null +++ b/octave_packages/miscellaneous-1.1.0/temp_name.m @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +## Copyright (C) 2002 Etienne Grossmann +## +## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under +## the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software +## Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later +## version. +## +## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT +## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or +## FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more +## details. +## +## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with +## this program; if not, see . + +## -*- texinfo -*- +## @deftypefn{Function File} {@var{n} = } temp_name ( rootname, quick ) +## @cindex +## name = temp_name(rootname, quick=1) - Return a name that is not used +## +## Returns a name, suitable for defining a new function, script or global +## variable, of the form +## +## [rootname,number] +## +## Default rootname is "temp_name_" +## +## "quick" is an optional parameter, which defaults to 1. If it is false, +## temp_name() will find the smallest acceptable number for the name. +## Otherwise, a hopefully quicker method is used. +## +## @end deftypefn + +function n = temp_name (rootname, quick) + + persistent warned = false; + if (! warned) + warned = true; + warning ("Octave:deprecated-function", + "temp_name has been deprecated, and will be removed in the future. Use `tmpnam' instead."); + endif + + ### Keep track of previously asked names + persistent cnt = struct ("dummy",0); + + if nargin<1 || !length(rootname), rootname = "temp_name_" ; endif + + if nargin<2, quick = 1; endif + + if quick + if ! isfield (cnt, rootname) + cnt.(rootname) = 0; + c = 0 ; + else + c = cnt.(rootname) ; + endif + else + c = 0; + endif + + n = sprintf ([rootname,"%i"], c); + + while exist (n), + c++ ; + n = sprintf ([rootname,"%i"], c); + endwhile + + if quick + cnt.(rootname) = c ; + endif +endfunction