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- # Copyright (C) 1996,1998 A. Scottedward Hodel
- #
- # This file is part of Octave.
- #
- # Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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-
- function names = sysgroupn(names,kind)
- # names = sysgroupn(names)
- # locate and mark duplicate names
- # inputs:
- # names: list of signal names
- # kind: kind of signal name (used for diagnostic message purposes only)
- # outputs:
- # returns names with unique suffixes added; diagnostic warning
- # message is printed to inform the user of the new signal name
- #
- # used internally in sysgroup
-
- # check for duplicate names
- l = length(names);
- ii = 1;
- while(ii <= l-1)
- st1 = nth(names,ii);
- jj = ii+1;
- while ( jj <= l)
- st2 = nth(names,jj);
- if(strcmp(st1,st2))
- suffix = ["_",num2str(jj)];
- warning("sysgroup: %s name(%d) = %s name(%d) = %s", ...
- kind,ii,kind,jj,st1);
- strval = sprintf("%s%s",st2,suffix);
- names(jj) = strval;
- warning("sysgroup: changed %s name %d to %s",kind,jj,strval);
- # restart the check (just to be sure there's no further duplications)
- ii = 0; jj = l;
- endif
- jj = jj+1;
- endwhile
- ii = ii+1;
- endwhile
- endfunction
-