diff chordtools/intervals2notes.m @ 1:8973548174c1 tip

adding tools to repo
author christopherh
date Mon, 06 May 2013 14:43:47 +0100
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+%
+%INTERVALS2NOTES Convert an interval_list to an array of notes w.r.t. a root
+% 
+% [notes, success, errormessage] = intervals2notes(interval_list, root, {verbose})
+% 
+% Converts the intervals in interval_list to correctly spelled notes with 
+% respect to the root note.
+% 
+% Success = 1 if intervals converted correctly, 0 otherwise.
+% 
+% If optional argument 'verbose' is 1, function prints any errormessage to 
+% the screen.
+%
+% returns: notes (cell array of strings)
+%          success (boolean)
+%          errormessage (string)
+% 
+% See also interval2note
+%
+%
+%% Author: Christopher Harte, March 2009
+% 
+% Copyright: Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London 2005 
+%
+% This file is part of the C4DM Chord Toolkit V2.0  
+%
+% The C4DM Chord Toolkit is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 
+% modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published 
+% by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+% (at your option) any later version.
+%
+% The C4DM Chord Toolkit is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+% GNU General Public License for more details.
+%
+% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+% along with the C4DM Toolkit; if not, write to the Free Software
+% Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+
+%
+function [notes, success, errormessage] = intervals2notes(interval_list, root, verbose)
+
+% set verbose default to 0
+if nargin < 3
+    verbose = 0;
+end
+
+errormessage = '';
+
+ilength = length(interval_list);
+
+index = 1;
+
+tempindex = 1;
+
+tempstring = '';
+
+success = 1;
+
+notes = {};
+
+
+while index <= ilength
+    
+   
+    while (interval_list(index) ~= ',')  
+        
+        tempstring(tempindex) = interval_list(index);
+        tempindex = tempindex +1;
+        index = index + 1;
+        
+        if(index > ilength)
+            break;
+        end
+        
+        if (interval_list(index) == ',') && (index == ilength)
+            success = 0;
+            errormessage = sprintf(['Error in intervals2notes: interval list finishes with a comma "' interval_list '"\n']);
+        end
+            
+            
+    end
+    
+        [newnote,ok, error] = interval2note(tempstring,root);
+        % concatenate error messages if there are any...
+        errormessage = [errormessage error];
+        
+        if(ok == 1)
+            tempstring = '';
+            tempindex = 1;
+            notes = [notes; cellstr(newnote)];
+            
+            index = index + 1;
+        else
+
+            errormessage = [errormessage sprintf(['Error in intervals2notes: incorrect interval in list "' interval_list '"\n'])];
+            success = 0;
+            index = ilength +1;            
+        end
+    
+    
+end
+
+if (success == 0) && (verbose == 1)
+
+    fprintf(1,errormessage)
+    
+end    
+
+