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## Copyright (C) 1996 Kurt Hornik
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## usage: m = str2mat (s1, ...)
##
## Forms the matrix M containing the strings S1, ... as its rows.
## Each string is padded with blanks in order to form a valid matrix.
## Author: Kurt Hornik <Kurt.Hornik@ci.tuwien.ac.at>
## Adapted-By: jwe
function m = str2mat (...)
if (nargin == 0)
usage ("str2mat (s1, ...)");
endif
nc = 0;
va_start ();
for k = 1 : nargin
s = va_arg ();
if (isstr (s))
tmp = columns (s);
else
error ("str2mat: all arguments must be strings");
endif
if (tmp > nc)
nc = tmp;
endif
endfor
m = setstr (ones (nargin, nc) * toascii (" "));
va_start ();
for k = 1 : nargin
s = va_arg ();
tmp = columns (s);
if (tmp > 0)
m (k, 1:tmp) = s;
endif
endfor
endfunction
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