matthiasm@8: %
matthiasm@8: %NOTES2PITCHCLASSES convert a note list to an array pitchclasses
matthiasm@8: % 
matthiasm@8: % [pitchclasses, success, errormessage] = notes2pitchclasses(notes, {verbose})
matthiasm@8: % 
matthiasm@8: % Converts a cell array of note strings to an array of pitch class integer 
matthiasm@8: % values. Pitch class values are referenced w.r.t. C = 0. 
matthiasm@8: % 
matthiasm@8: % Success = 1 if symbols converted correctly, 0 otherwise.
matthiasm@8: % 
matthiasm@8: % If optional argument 'verbose' is 1, function prints any errormessage to 
matthiasm@8: % the screen.
matthiasm@8: % 
matthiasm@8: % calls note2pitchclass
matthiasm@8: % 
matthiasm@8: % returns:  pitchclasses (array of integers)
matthiasm@8: %           success (boolean)
matthiasm@8: %           errormessage (string)
matthiasm@8: %
matthiasm@8: %
matthiasm@8: % Author: Christopher Harte,  August 2005
matthiasm@8: % 
matthiasm@8: % Copyright: Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London 2005 
matthiasm@8: %
matthiasm@8: % This file is part of the C4DM Chord Toolkit.  
matthiasm@8: %
matthiasm@8: % The C4DM Chord Toolkit is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 
matthiasm@8: % modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published 
matthiasm@8: % by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
matthiasm@8: % (at your option) any later version.
matthiasm@8: %
matthiasm@8: % The C4DM Chord Toolkit is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
matthiasm@8: % but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
matthiasm@8: % MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
matthiasm@8: % GNU General Public License for more details.
matthiasm@8: %
matthiasm@8: % You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
matthiasm@8: % along with the C4DM Toolkit; if not, write to the Free Software
matthiasm@8: % Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
matthiasm@8: %
matthiasm@8: 
matthiasm@8: function [pitchclasses, success, errormessage] = notes2pitchclasses(notes, verbose)
matthiasm@8: 
matthiasm@8: % set verbose default to 0
matthiasm@8: if nargin < 2
matthiasm@8:     verbose = 0;
matthiasm@8: end
matthiasm@8: 
matthiasm@8: errormessage = '';
matthiasm@8: 
matthiasm@8: ilength = length(notes);
matthiasm@8: 
matthiasm@8: index = 1;
matthiasm@8: 
matthiasm@8: success = 1;
matthiasm@8: 
matthiasm@8: pitchclasses = [];
matthiasm@8: 
matthiasm@8: while index <= ilength
matthiasm@8:     
matthiasm@8:         [pitchclasses(index), success, errormessage] = note2pitchclass(char(notes(index)));
matthiasm@8:     
matthiasm@8:         if success
matthiasm@8:             index=index+1;
matthiasm@8:         else
matthiasm@8:             errormessage = [errormessage sprintf(['Error in notes2pitchclasses: couldn''t convert notes "' notes '"\n'])];
matthiasm@8:             index = ilength +1;            
matthiasm@8:         end
matthiasm@8:     
matthiasm@8:     
matthiasm@8: end
matthiasm@8: 
matthiasm@8: if (success == 0) && (verbose == 1)
matthiasm@8: 
matthiasm@8:     fprintf(1,errormessage)
matthiasm@8:     
matthiasm@8: end    
matthiasm@8: 
matthiasm@8: 
matthiasm@8: