ABSOLUTE Determine absolute path

c = absolute(p); Path "p" need not exist. Absolute path will be relative to pwd if path does not exist.

c = absolute(p, base); the "base" path is used instead of pwd.

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does not normalize path non-existant path is made absolute relative to pwd

function c = absolute(p, base)
if nargin < 2
  base = pwd();
end

if stdlib.is_absolute(p)
  c = p;
  return
end

% avoid infinite recursion
if stdlib.is_absolute(base)
  c = base;
else
  c = pwd();
  if ~stdlib.strempty(base)
    c = stdlib.append(c, '/', base);
  end
end

if ~stdlib.strempty(p)
  if endsWith(c, ["/", filesep])
    c = stdlib.append(c, p);
  else
    c = stdlib.append(c, '/', p);
  end
end

if isstring(p)
  c = string(c);
end

end

%!assert(~isempty(stdlib.absolute('')))

Published with MATLAB® R2025a