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, expand_tilde, use_java)
arguments
  p (1,1) string
  base (1,1) string = ""
  expand_tilde (1,1) logical = true
  use_java (1,1) logical = false
end

cwd = stdlib.posix(pwd());

if strlength(p) == 0 && strlength(base) == 0
   c = cwd;
   return
end

if expand_tilde
  c = stdlib.expanduser(p, use_java);
else
  c = p;
end

if stdlib.is_absolute(c)
  c = stdlib.posix(c);
else
  % .getAbsolutePath(), .toAbsolutePath()
  % default is Documents/Matlab, which is probably not wanted.
  if strlength(base) == 0
    c = cwd + "/" + c;
  else
    d = stdlib.absolute(base, "", expand_tilde, use_java);
    if isempty(c) || strlength(c) == 0
      c = d;
    else
      c = d + "/" + c;
    end
  end
end

% not needed:
% https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/21/docs/api/java.base/java/io/File.html#getAbsolutePath()

end % function

Published with MATLAB® R2024b