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+/* PSPP - computes sample statistics.
+ Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Written by Ben Pfaff <blp@gnu.org>.
+
+ This program 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.
+
+ This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+ 02110-1301, USA. */
+
+#include <config.h>
+#include "vector.h"
+
+#include "dictionary.h"
+
+#include <libpspp/assertion.h>
+#include <libpspp/str.h>
+
+#include "xalloc.h"
+
+/* Vector of variables. */
+struct vector
+ {
+ char name[LONG_NAME_LEN + 1]; /* Name. */
+ struct variable **vars; /* Set of variables. */
+ size_t var_cnt; /* Number of variables. */
+ };
+
+/* Checks that all the variables in VECTOR have consistent
+ width. */
+static void
+check_widths (const struct vector *vector)
+{
+ int width = var_get_width (vector->vars[0]);
+ size_t i;
+
+ for (i = 1; i < vector->var_cnt; i++)
+ assert (width == var_get_width (vector->vars[i]));
+}
+
+/* Creates and returns a new vector with the given NAME
+ that contains the VAR_CNT variables in VARS.
+ All variables in VARS must have the same type and width. */
+struct vector *
+vector_create (const char *name,
+ struct variable **vars, size_t var_cnt)
+{
+ struct vector *vector = xmalloc (sizeof *vector);
+
+ assert (var_cnt > 0);
+ assert (var_is_plausible_name (name, false));
+ str_copy_trunc (vector->name, sizeof vector->name, name);
+
+ vector->vars = xmemdup (vars, var_cnt * sizeof *vector->vars);
+ vector->var_cnt = var_cnt;
+ check_widths (vector);
+
+ return vector;
+}
+
+/* Creates and returns a new vector as a clone of OLD, but that
+ contains variables from NEW_DICT that are in the same position
+ as those in OLD are in OLD_DICT.
+ All variables in the new vector must have the same type and
+ width. */
+struct vector *
+vector_clone (const struct vector *old,
+ const struct dictionary *old_dict,
+ const struct dictionary *new_dict)
+{
+ struct vector *new = xmalloc (sizeof *new);
+ size_t i;
+
+ strcpy (new->name, old->name);
+
+ new->vars = xnmalloc (old->var_cnt, sizeof *new->vars);
+ new->var_cnt = old->var_cnt;
+ for (i = 0; i < new->var_cnt; i++)
+ {
+ assert (dict_contains_var (old_dict, old->vars[i]));
+ new->vars[i] = dict_get_var (new_dict,
+ var_get_dict_index (old->vars[i]));
+ }
+ check_widths (new);
+
+ return new;
+}
+
+/* Destroys VECTOR. */
+void
+vector_destroy (struct vector *vector)
+{
+ free (vector->vars);
+ free (vector);
+}
+
+/* Returns VECTOR's name. */
+const char *
+vector_get_name (const struct vector *vector)
+{
+ return vector->name;
+}
+
+/* Returns the type of the variables in VECTOR. */
+enum var_type vector_get_type (const struct vector *vector)
+{
+ return var_get_type (vector->vars[0]);
+}
+
+/* Returns the variable in VECTOR with the given INDEX. */
+struct variable *
+vector_get_var (const struct vector *vector, size_t index)
+{
+ assert (index < vector->var_cnt);
+ return vector->vars[index];
+}
+
+/* Returns the number of variables in VECTOR. */
+size_t
+vector_get_var_cnt (const struct vector *vector)
+{
+ return vector->var_cnt;
+}
+
+/* Compares two pointers to vectors represented by A and B and
+ returns a strcmp()-type result. */
+int
+compare_vector_ptrs_by_name (const void *a_, const void *b_)
+{
+ struct vector *const *pa = a_;
+ struct vector *const *pb = b_;
+ struct vector *a = *pa;
+ struct vector *b = *pb;
+
+ return strcasecmp (a->name, b->name);
+}
+