## Copyright (C) 2012 John W. Eaton
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} ispref (@var{group}, @var{pref})
## Return true if the named preference @var{pref} exists in the
## preference group @var{group}.
##
## The named preference group must be a character string.
##
## The preference @var{pref} may be a character string or a cell array
## of character strings.
##
## If @var{pref} is not specified, return true if the preference
## group @var{group} exists.
## @seealso{getpref, addpref, setpref, rmpref}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function retval = ispref (group, pref)

  if (nargin == 1)
    retval = isfield (loadprefs (), group);
  elseif (nargin == 2)
    prefs = loadprefs ();
    if (isfield (prefs, group))
      grp = prefs.(group);
      if (ischar (pref) || iscellstr (pref))
        retval = isfield (grp, pref);
      else
        retval = false;
      endif
    else
      retval = false;
    endif
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

endfunction

%% Testing these functions will require some care to avoid wiping out
%% existing (or creating unwanted) preferences for the user running the
%% tests.