comparison scripts/io/is_valid_file_id.m @ 11142:3450551f591e

new function, is_valid_file_id
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Sat, 23 Oct 2010 01:50:14 -0400
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1 ## Copyright (C) 2010 John W. Eaton
2 ##
3 ## This file is part of Octave.
4 ##
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18
19 ## -*- texinfo -*-
20 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {} is_valid_file_id (@var{fid})
21 ## Return true if @var{fid} refers to an open file.
22 ## @seealso{fopen}
23 ## @end deftypefn
24
25 function retval = is_valid_file_id (fid)
26
27 retval = false;
28
29 if (nargin == 1)
30 try
31 [file, mode, arch] = fopen (fid);
32 retval = ! isempty (file);
33 end_try_catch
34 else
35 print_usage ();
36 endif
37
38 endfunction