scripts/general/celldisp.m

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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} celldisp (@var{c}, @var{name})
## Recursively display the contents of a cell array.  By default the values
## are displayed with the name of the variable @var{c}.  However, this name
## can be replaced with the variable @var{name}.
## @seealso{disp}
## @end deftypefn

## This is ugly, but seems to be what matlab does..

function celldisp (c, name)
  if (nargin < 1 || nargin > 2)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (! iscell (c))
    error ("celldisp: argument must be a cell array");
  endif

  if (nargin == 1)
    name = inputname (1);
  endif

  for i = 1: numel (c)
    if (iscell (c{i}))
      celldisp (c{i}, sprintf ("%s{%s}", name, indices (size (c), i)));
    else
      disp (sprintf ("%s{%s} = \n", name, indices (size (c), i)));
      disp (c{i});
      disp ("");
    endif
  endfor
endfunction

function s = indices (dv, i)
  if (sum (dv != 1) > 1)
    c = cell (size (dv));
    [c{:}] = ind2sub (dv, i);
    s = sprintf("%i,", c{:});
    s(end) = [];
  else
    s = sprintf("%i", i);
  endif
endfunction