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%
%SHORT2QUALITY return the quality of a given shorthand string
% 
% [quality,success, errormessage] = short2quality(shorthand, {verbose})
% 
% Returns the quality of a given shorthand string. Quality values are from 
% the enumeration:
%
% 0   Major
% 1   Minor
% 2   Diminished
% 3   Augmented
% 4   Suspended
% 
%
% Success = 1 if symbols parsed correctly, 0 otherwise. 
%
% If optional argument 'verbose' is 1, function prints any errormessage to 
% the screen.
% 
% calls:   
% 
% returns:  quality (integer)
%           success  (boolean)  
%           errormessage (string)
%
%
% 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 [quality,success,errormessage] = short2quality(shorthand,verbose)

if nargin < 2
    verbose = 0;
end

success = 1;
errormessage = '';
quality = '';

switch shorthand
    
        
    % triads
    case 'maj'
        quality = 0;        
    case 'min' 
        quality = 1;        
    case 'dim' 
        quality = 2;    
    case 'aug' 
        quality = 3;
        
    % sevenths    
    case 'maj7' 
        quality = 0;
    case 'min7' 
        quality = 1;
    case '7' 
        quality = 0;        
    case 'minmaj7' 
        quality = 1;        
    case 'dim7' 
        quality = 2;
    case 'hdim7'
        quality = 2;
 
    % sixths
    case 'maj6'
        quality = 0;        
    case 'min6' 
        quality = 1;

    % ninths 
 
    case '9'
        quality = 0;          
    case 'maj9'
        quality = 0;    
    case 'min9'
        quality = 1;    

    % suspended
    case 'sus4'
        quality = 4;
    case 'sus2'
        quality = 4;
        
    otherwise
        success = 0;
        errormessage = ['Error in short2quality: unrecognised shorthand: ' shorthand];
end

        
if (success ==0) && (verbose == 1)
    fprintf(1,errormessage);
end