## Copyright (C) 2009-2015 John W. Eaton
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Command} {} which name @dots{}
## Display the type of each @var{name}.
##
## If @var{name} is defined from a function file, the full name of the file is
## also displayed.
## @seealso{help, lookfor}
## @end deftypefn

function varargout = which (varargin)

  if (nargin > 0 && iscellstr (varargin))
    m = __which__ (varargin{:});

    ## Check whether each name is a variable, variables take precedence over
    ## functions in name resolution.
    for i = 1:nargin
      m(i).is_variable = evalin ("caller",
                                 ["exist (\"" m(i).name "\", \"var\")"], false);
      if (m(i).is_variable)
        m(i).file = "variable";
      endif
    endfor

    if (nargout == 0)
      for i = 1:nargin
        if (m(i).is_variable)
          printf ("'%s' is a variable\n", m(i).name);
        elseif (isempty (m(i).file))
          if (! isempty (m(i).type))
            printf ("'%s' is a %s\n",
                    m(i).name, m(i).type);
          endif
        else
          if (isempty (m(i).type))
            printf ("'%s' is the file %s\n",
                    m(i).name, m(i).file);
          else
            printf ("'%s' is a %s from the file %s\n",
                    m(i).name, m(i).type, m(i).file);
          endif
        endif
      endfor
    else
      varargout = {m.file};
    endif
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

endfunction


%!test
%! str = which ("ls");
%! assert (str(end-17:end), strcat ("miscellaneous", filesep (), "ls.m"));
%!test
%! str = which ("amd");
%! assert (str(end-6:end), "amd.oct");

%!assert (which ("_NO_SUCH_NAME_"), "")

%!test
%! x = 3;
%! str = which ("x");
%! assert (str, "variable");

%!test
%! str = which ("amd");
%! assert (str(end-6:end), "amd.oct");
%! amd = 12;
%! str = which ("amd");
%! assert (str, "variable");
%! clear amd;
%! str = which ("amd");
%! assert (str(end-6:end), "amd.oct");