Mauch MIREX 2010

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%SYNTAXCHECK Checks symbol for correct syntax. 

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% [success, errormessage] = syntaxcheck(chordsymbol, {verbose})

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% Checks symbol for correct syntax and checks for valid note, shorthand 

% and interval values. 

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% calls getchordinfo

% 

% Success = 1 if symbol has correct syntax, 0 otherwise.

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% If optional argument 'verbose' is 1, function prints any errormessage to 

% the screen.

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% Returns:  chordinfo (struct)

%           success (boolean) true or false for correct syntax 

%           errormessage (string)  

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% See also: getchordinfo

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% Author: Christopher Harte,  August 2005

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% Copyright: Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London 2005 

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% This file is part of the C4DM Chord Toolkit.  

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% 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 [success, errormessage] = syntaxcheck(chordsymbol, verbose)

if nargin < 2

    verbose = 0;

end

errormessage = '';

chordinfo = [];

success = 0;

[root,short,degrees,bass, success, errormessage] = getchordinfo(chordsymbol,verbose);

if (success ==0) && (verbose == 1)

    fprintf(1,errormessage);

end