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1 # Copyright (C) 1993, 1994 John W. Eaton
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2 #
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3 # This file is part of Octave.
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4 #
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5 # Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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6 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
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7 # Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
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8 # later version.
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9 #
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10 # Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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11 # ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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12 # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
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13 # for more details.
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14 #
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15 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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16 # along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free
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17 # Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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19 function num = menu (t, ...)
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21 # usage: menu (title, opt1, ...)
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22 #
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23 # See also: disp, printf, input
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25 if (nargin < 2)
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26 error ("usage: menu (title, opt1, ...)");
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27 endif
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29 # Force pending output to appear before the menu.
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31 fflush (stdout);
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33 # Don't send the menu through the pager since doing that can cause
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34 # major confusion.
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36 save_page_screen_output = page_screen_output;
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37 page_screen_output = "false";
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39 if (! isempty (t))
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40 disp (t);
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41 printf ("\n");
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42 endif
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44 nopt = nargin - 1;
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46 while (1)
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47 va_start ();
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48 for i = 1:nopt
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49 printf (" [%2d] ", i);
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50 disp (va_arg ());
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51 endfor
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52 printf ("\n");
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53 s = "";
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54 s = input ("pick a number, any number: ", "s");
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55 if (strcmp (s, ""))
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56 printf ("\n");
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57 continue;
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58 endif
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59 eval (sprintf ("num = %s;", s));
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60 if (! is_scalar (num) || num < 1 || num > nopt)
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61 printf ("\nerror: input invalid or out of range\n\n");
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62 else
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63 break;
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64 endif
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65 endwhile
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67 page_screen_output = save_page_screen_output;
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69 endfunction