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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {@var{s} =} mat2str (@var{x}, @var{n})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{s} =} mat2str (@var{x}, @var{n}, "class")
## Format real, complex, and logical matrices as strings.  The 
## returned string may be used to reconstruct the original matrix by using
## the @code{eval} function.
##
## The precision of the values is given by @var{n}.  If @var{n} is a
## scalar then both real and imaginary parts of the matrix are printed
## to the same precision.  Otherwise @code{@var{n}(1)} defines the
## precision of the real part and @code{@var{n}(2)} defines the
## precision of the imaginary part.  The default for @var{n} is 15.
##
## If the argument "class" is given then the class of @var{x} is
## included in the string in such a way that @code{eval} will result in the
## construction of a matrix of the same class.
##
## @example
## @group
## mat2str ([ -1/3 + i/7; 1/3 - i/7 ], [4 2])
##      @result{} "[-0.3333+0.14i;0.3333-0.14i]"
##
## mat2str ([ -1/3 +i/7; 1/3 -i/7 ], [4 2])
##      @result{} "[-0.3333+0i 0+0.14i;0.3333+0i -0-0.14i]"
##
## mat2str (int16([1 -1]), "class")
##      @result{} "int16([1 -1])"
##
## mat2str (logical (eye (2)))
##      @result{} "[true false;false true]"
##
## isequal (x, eval (mat2str (x)))
##      @result{} 1
## @end group
## @end example
##
## @seealso{sprintf, num2str, int2str}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: Rolf Fabian <fabian@tu-cottbus.de>

function s = mat2str (x, n = 15, cls = "")

  if (nargin < 1 || nargin > 3 || ! (isnumeric (x) || islogical (x)))
    print_usage ();
  elseif (ndims (x) > 2)
    error ("mat2str: X must be two dimensional");
  endif

  if (nargin == 2 && ischar (n))
    cls = n;
    n = 15;
  elseif (isempty (n))
    n = 15;   # Default precision
  endif

  x_islogical = islogical (x);
  x_iscomplex = iscomplex (x);

  if (x_iscomplex)
    if (isscalar (n))
      n = [n, n];
    endif
    fmt = sprintf ("%%.%dg%%+.%dgi", n(1), n(2));
  elseif (x_islogical)
    v = {"false", "true"};
    fmt = "%s";
  else
    fmt = sprintf ("%%.%dg", n(1));
  endif

  nel = numel (x);

  if (nel == 0)
    ## Empty, only print brackets
    s = "[]";
  elseif (nel == 1)
    ## Scalar X, don't print brackets
    if (x_iscomplex)
      s = sprintf (fmt, real (x), imag (x));
    elseif (x_islogical)
      s = v{x+1};
    else
      s = sprintf (fmt, x);
    endif
  else
    ## Non-scalar X, print brackets
    fmt = cstrcat (fmt, " ");
    if (x_iscomplex)
      t = x.';
      s = sprintf (fmt, [real(t(:))'; imag(t(:))']);
    elseif (x_islogical)
      t = v(x+1);
      s = cstrcat (sprintf (fmt, t{:}));
    else
      s = sprintf (fmt, x.');
    endif

    s = cstrcat ("[", s);
    s(end) = "]";
    idx = strfind (s, " ");
    nc = columns (x);
    s(idx(nc:nc:end)) = ";";
  endif

  if (strcmp ("class", cls))
    s = cstrcat (class (x), "(", s, ")");
  endif

endfunction


%!assert (mat2str (0.7), "0.7");
%!assert (mat2str (pi), "3.14159265358979");
%!assert (mat2str (pi, 5), "3.1416");
%!assert (mat2str (single (pi), 5, "class"), "single(3.1416)");
%!assert (mat2str ([-1/3 + i/7; 1/3 - i/7], [4 2]), "[-0.3333+0.14i;0.3333-0.14i]")
%!assert (mat2str ([-1/3 +i/7; 1/3 -i/7], [4 2]), "[-0.3333+0i 0+0.14i;0.3333+0i -0-0.14i]")
%!assert (mat2str (int16 ([1 -1]), 'class'), "int16([1 -1])")
%!assert (mat2str (true), "true");
%!assert (mat2str (false), "false");
%!assert (mat2str (logical (eye (2))), "[true false;false true]");

%% Test input validation
%!error mat2str ()
%!error mat2str (1,2,3,4)
%!error mat2str (["Hello"])
%!error mat2str (ones(3,3,2))