reporting: @report: check user input

matlab/reporting/@report/private/validateOrientation.m

-function validateOrientation(orientation)
-%function validateOrientation(orientation)
-% Validate orientation string
-%
-% INPUTS
-%   orientation     [char] orientation (one of 'portrait' or 'landscape')
-%
-% OUTPUTS
-%   none
-%
-% SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
-%   none
-
-% Copyright (C) 2013 Dynare Team
-%
-% This file is part of Dynare.
-%
-% Dynare is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-% the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-% (at your option) any later version.
-%
-% Dynare is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-% GNU General Public License for more details.
-%
-% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-% along with Dynare.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-assert(any(strcmpi(orientation, {'portrait', 'landscape'})), ['Valid ' ...
-                    'orientation arguments are: ''portrait'' and ' ...
-                    '''landscape''.']);
-end
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matlab/reporting/@report/private/validatePaper.m

-function validatePaper(paper)
-%function validatePaper(paper)
-% Validate paper string
-%
-% INPUTS
-%   paper    [char]  valid LaTeX paper type
-%
-% OUTPUTS
-%   none
-%
-% SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
-%   none
-
-% Copyright (C) 2013 Dynare Team
-%
-% This file is part of Dynare.
-%
-% Dynare is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-% the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-% (at your option) any later version.
-%
-% Dynare is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-% GNU General Public License for more details.
-%
-% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-% along with Dynare.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-assert(any(strcmpi(paper, {'a4', 'letter'})), ['Valid paper arguments ' ...
-                    'are: ''a4'' and ''letter''.']);
-end
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matlab/reporting/@report/report.m

@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ o = struct;
 o.title = '';
 o.orientation = 'portrait';
 o.paper = 'a4';
-o.margin = '2.5cm';
+o.margin = 2.5;
+o.margin_unit = 'cm';
 o.pages = pages();
 o.filename = 'report.tex';
 o.config = '';
@@ -58,11 +59,6 @@ elseif nargin > 1
     for pair = reshape(varargin, 2, [])
         field = lower(pair{1});
         if any(strmatch(field, optNames, 'exact'))
-            if strcmp(field, 'orientation')
-                validateOrientation(pair{2});
-            elseif strcmp(field, 'paper')
-                validatePaper(pair{2});
-            end
             o.(field) = pair{2};
         else
             error('@report.report: %s is not a recognized option.', ...
@@ -71,6 +67,25 @@ elseif nargin > 1
     end
 end
 
+% Check options provided by user
+assert(ischar(o.title), '@report.report: title must be a string');
+assert(ischar(o.filename), '@report.report: filename must be a string');
+assert(ischar(o.config), '@report.report: config file must be a string');
+assert(islogical(o.showdate), '@report.report: showdate must be either true or false');
+assert(isfloat(o.margin) && o.margin > 0, '@report.report: margin must be a float > 0.');
+
+valid_margin_unit = {'cm', 'in'};
+assert(any(strcmp(o.margin_unit, valid_margin_unit)), ...
+       ['@report.report: margin_unit must be one of ' strjoin(valid_margin_unit, ' ')]);
+
+valid_paper = {'a4', 'letter'};
+assert(any(strcmp(o.paper, valid_paper)), ...
+       ['@report.report: paper must be one of ' strjoin(valid_paper, ' ')]);
+
+valid_orientation = {'portrait', 'landscape'};
+assert(any(strcmp(o.orientation, valid_orientation)), ...
+       ['@report.report: orientation must be one of ' strjoin(valid_orientation, ' ')]);
+
 % Create report object
 o = class(o, 'report');
 end
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matlab/reporting/@report/write.m

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ end
 fprintf(fid, '%% Report Object\n');
 fprintf(fid, '\\documentclass[11pt]{article}\n');
 
-fprintf(fid, '\\usepackage[%spaper,margin=%s', o.paper, o.margin);
+fprintf(fid, '\\usepackage[%spaper,margin=%f%s', o.paper, o.margin, o.margin_unit);
 if strcmpi(o.orientation, 'landscape')
     fprintf(fid, ',landscape');
 end