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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Inputs

p: path to make absolute
base: if present, base on this instead of cwd

Outputs

c: absolute path

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

function c = absolute(p, base)
arguments
  p string
  base (1,1) string = pwd()
end

i = stdlib.is_absolute(p);
c(i) = p(i);

% avoid infinite recursion
if ~stdlib.is_absolute(base)
  base = fullfile(pwd(), base);
end

i = ~i;
c(i) = base;

i = i & ~stdlib.strempty(p);
c(i) = fullfile(base, p(i));

end