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20## @deftypefn {Function File} {} example ('@var{name}',@var{n})
21## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@var{x}, @var{idx}] =} example ('@var{name}',@var{n})
23## Display the code for example @var{n} associated with the function
24## '@var{name}', but do not run it. If @var{n} is not given, all examples
27## Called with output arguments, the examples are returned in the form of
28## a string @var{x}, with @var{idx} indicating the ending position of the
31## See @code{demo} for a complete explanation.
32## @seealso{demo, test}
35function [code_r, idx_r] = example (name, n)
37 if (nargin < 1 || nargin > 2)
44 [code, idx] = test (name, "grabdemo");
47 if (n <= length (idx))
48 code_r = code(idx(n):idx(n+1)-1);
49 idx_r = [1, length(code_r)+1];
62 doidx = 1:length(idx)-1;
64 if (length (idx) == 0)
65 warning ("example not available for %s", name);
66 elseif (n >= length(idx))
67 warning ("only %d examples available for %s", length(idx)-1, name);
71 for i = 1:length (doidx)
72 block = code (idx(doidx(i)):idx(doidx(i)+1)-1);
73 printf ("%s example %d:%s\n\n", name, doidx(i), block);
79%!## warning: don't modify the demos without modifying the tests!
83%! t=0:0.01:2*pi; x=sin(t);
86%!assert (example('example',1), "\n example('example');");
88%! [code, idx] = example('example');
90%! "\n example('example');\n t=0:0.01:2*pi; x=sin(t);\n plot(t,x)")
91%! assert (idx, [1, 22, 59]);
94%!error example('example',3,5)