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+## Copyright (C) 2011 Lukas F. Reichlin
+##
+## This file is part of LTI Syncope.
+##
+## LTI Syncope 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.
+##
+## LTI Syncope 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 LTI Syncope. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## Convert option struct to a cell with field names as keys and
+## field values as values.
+
+## Author: Lukas Reichlin <lukas.reichlin@gmail.com>
+## Created: November 2011
+## Version: 0.1
+
+function c = __opt2cell__ (opt)
+
+ if (! isstruct (opt))
+ error ("opt2cell: argument must be a struct");
+ endif
+
+ key = fieldnames (opt);
+ val = struct2cell (opt);
+
+ c = [key.'; val.'](:).'; # reshape to {key1, val1, key2, val2, ...}
+
+endfunction
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