## Copyright (C) 2012 Carnë Draug
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} narginchk (@var{minargs}, @var{maxargs})
## Check for correct number of arguments or generate an error message if
## the number of arguments in the calling function is outside the range
## @var{minargs} and @var{maxargs}.  Otherwise, do nothing.
##
## Both @var{minargs} and @var{maxargs} need to be scalar numeric
## values.  Zero, Inf and negative values are all allowed, and
## @var{minargs} and @var{maxargs} may be equal.
##
## Note that this function evaluates @code{nargin} on the caller.
##
## @seealso{nargchk, nargoutchk, error, nargout, nargin}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: Carnë Draug <carandraug+dev@gmail.com>

function narginchk (minargs, maxargs)

  if (nargin != 2)
    print_usage;
  elseif (!isnumeric (minargs) || !isscalar (minargs))
    error ("minargs must be a numeric scalar");
  elseif (!isnumeric (maxargs) || !isscalar (maxargs))
    error ("maxargs must be a numeric scalar");
  elseif (minargs > maxargs)
    error ("minargs cannot be larger than maxargs")
  endif

  args = evalin ("caller", "nargin;");

  if (args < minargs)
    error ("not enough input arguments");
  elseif (args > maxargs)
    error ("too many input arguments");
  endif

endfunction


%!function f (nargs, varargin)
%! narginchk (nargs(1), nargs(2));
%!endfunction

%!error <too many input arguments> f([0,0])
%!error <not enough input arguments> f([3, 3], 1)

%!test
%! f([1,1])
%!test
%! f([1,5], 2, 3, 4, 5)

