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11 changes: 9 additions & 2 deletions inst/private/doctest_collect.m
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%%
% Copyright (c) 2010 Thomas Grenfell Smith
% Copyright (c) 2015 Michael Walter
% Copyright (c) 2015-2019, 2022-2023 Colin B. Macdonald
% Copyright (c) 2015-2019, 2022-2024 Colin B. Macdonald
% Copyright (c) 2015 Oliver Heimlich
% Copyright (C) 2018 Mike Miller
% SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
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function [docstring, error] = extract_docstring(name)
if is_octave()
[docstring, format] = get_help_text(name);
try
[docstring, format] = get_help_text (name);
catch exc
docstring = '';
error = strcat ('Error extracting help text: ', ...
doctest_format_exception (exc));
return
end
if strcmp(format, 'texinfo')
[docstring, error] = parse_texinfo(docstring);
elseif strcmp(format, 'plain text')
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