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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File } { @var{names} =} sysgroupn (@var{names})
## names = sysgroupn(names)
## Locate and mark duplicate names
## inputs:
##   names: list of signal names
##   kind: kind of signal name (used for diagnostic message purposes only)
## outputs:
##   returns names with unique suffixes added; diagnostic warning
##      message is printed to inform the user of the new signal name
##
##  used internally in sysgroup and elsewhere. 
## 
## @end deftypefn
 
function names = sysgroupn(names,kind)

  ## check for duplicate names
  l = length(names);
  ii = 1;
  while(ii <= l-1)
    st1 = nth(names,ii);
    jj = ii+1;
    while ( jj <= l)
      st2 = nth(names,jj);
      if(strcmp(st1,st2))
        suffix = ["_",num2str(jj)];
        warning("sysgroup: %s name(%d) = %s name(%d) = %s", ...
	  kind,ii,kind,jj,st1);
        strval = sprintf("%s%s",st2,suffix);
        names(jj) = strval;
        warning("sysgroup:     changed %s name %d to %s",kind,jj,strval);
        ## restart the check (just to be sure there's no further duplications)
        ii = 0; jj = l;
      endif
      jj = jj+1;
    endwhile
    ii = ii+1;
  endwhile
endfunction