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)
arguments
  p {mustBeTextScalar}
  base {mustBeTextScalar} = pwd()
end

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

if ~strempty(base)
  b = stdlib.absolute(base);
else
  b = pwd();
end

if ~strempty(c)
  c = fullfile(b, c);
else
  c = b;
end

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

end


%!assert(absolute('', ''), pwd)
%!assert(absolute('a/b', ''), fullfile(pwd(), 'a/b'))

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