var_set_print_format (new_var, var_get_print_format (old_var));
var_set_write_format (new_var, var_get_write_format (old_var));
var_set_value_labels (new_var, var_get_value_labels (old_var));
- var_set_label (new_var, var_get_label (old_var), NULL, false);
+ var_set_label (new_var, var_get_label (old_var), false);
var_set_measure (new_var, var_get_measure (old_var));
var_set_display_width (new_var, var_get_display_width (old_var));
var_set_alignment (new_var, var_get_alignment (old_var));
empty string (after stripping white space), then V's variable label (if any)
is removed.
- Variable labels are limited to 255 bytes in the dictionary encoding, which
- should be specified as DICT_ENCODING. If LABEL fits within this limit, this
- function returns true. Otherwise, the variable label is set to a truncated
- value, this function returns false and, if ISSUE_WARNING is true, issues a
- warning. */
+ Variable labels are limited to 255 bytes in V's encoding (as returned by
+ var_get_encoding()). If LABEL fits within this limit, this function returns
+ true. Otherwise, the variable label is set to a truncated value, this
+ function returns false and, if ISSUE_WARNING is true, issues a warning. */
bool
-var_set_label (struct variable *v, const char *label,
- const char *dict_encoding, bool issue_warning)
+var_set_label (struct variable *v, const char *label, bool issue_warning)
{
bool truncated = false;
free (v->label);
v->label = NULL;
- if (label != NULL)
+ if (label != NULL && label[strspn (label, CC_SPACES)])
{
+ const char *dict_encoding = var_get_encoding (v);
struct substring s = ss_cstr (label);
size_t trunc_len;
}
}
- ss_trim (&s, ss_cstr (CC_SPACES));
- if (!ss_is_empty (s))
v->label = ss_xstrdup (s);
}
void
var_clear_label (struct variable *v)
{
- var_set_label (v, NULL, NULL, false);
+ var_set_label (v, NULL, false);
}
/* Returns true if V has a variable V,
return m == MEASURE_NOMINAL || m == MEASURE_ORDINAL || m == MEASURE_SCALE;
}
+/* Returns a string version of measurement level M, for display to a user. */
+const char *
+measure_to_string (enum measure m)
+{
+ switch (m)
+ {
+ case MEASURE_NOMINAL:
+ return _("Nominal");
+
+ case MEASURE_ORDINAL:
+ return _("Ordinal");
+
+ case MEASURE_SCALE:
+ return _("Scale");
+
+ default:
+ return "Invalid";
+ }
+}
+
/* Returns V's measurement level. */
enum measure
var_get_measure (const struct variable *v)
return a == ALIGN_LEFT || a == ALIGN_RIGHT || a == ALIGN_CENTRE;
}
+/* Returns a string version of alignment A, for display to a user. */
+const char *
+alignment_to_string (enum alignment a)
+{
+ switch (a)
+ {
+ case ALIGN_LEFT:
+ return _("Left");
+
+ case ALIGN_RIGHT:
+ return _("Right");
+
+ case ALIGN_CENTRE:
+ return _("Center");
+
+ default:
+ return "Invalid";
+ }
+}
+
/* Returns V's display alignment, which applies only to GUIs. */
enum alignment
var_get_alignment (const struct variable *v)