gui: Move some formatting functions into PSPP core.

[pspp-builds.git] / src / data / variable.c

diff --git a/src/data/variable.c b/src/data/variable.c
index 35fdab29ebbef73d8ad59eba2be64b3e89fd6d86..41f9221d436c66201393d7bf4efe2b705bce840d 100644 (file)
--- a/src/data/variable.c
+++ b/src/data/variable.c
@@ -636,6 +636,26 @@ measure_is_valid (enum measure m)
   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)
@@ -700,6 +720,26 @@ alignment_is_valid (enum alignment a)
   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)