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[CreaPhase.git] / octave_packages / general-1.3.1 / @dict / struct.m

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+## Copyright (C) 2010 VZLU Prague, a.s., Czech Republic
+##
+## 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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn{Function File} {} struct (d)
+## Converts the dict object to a structure, if possible.
+## This requires the keys to be valid variable names.
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: Jaroslav Hajek <highegg@gmail.com>
+
+function s = struct (d)
+  keys = d.keys;
+  valid = cellfun (@isvarname, keys);
+  if (all (valid))
+    s = cell2struct (d.values, keys, 1);
+  else
+    error ("struct: invalid key value: %s", keys{find (! valid, 1)});
+  endif
+endfunction