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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {} {} mustBeLessThan (@var{x}, @var{c})
##
## Require that input @var{x} is less than @var{c}.
##
## Raise an error if any element of the input @var{x} is not less than
## @var{c}, as determined by @code{@var{x} < @var{c}}.
##
## @seealso{mustBeLessThanOrEqual, mustBeGreaterThan, lt}
## @end deftypefn

function mustBeLessThan (x, c)

  if (nargin != 2)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  tf = (x < c)(:);
  if (! all (tf))
    label = inputname (1);
    if (isempty (label))
      label = "input";
    endif
    bad_idx = find (! tf);
    try
      bad_val = x(bad_idx);
      errmsg = sprintf ("%s must be less than %f; found %d elements that were not: values %s", ...
                        label, c, numel (bad_idx), mat2str (bad_val));
    catch
      errmsg = sprintf ("%s must be less than %f; found %d elements that were not: indexes %s", ...
                        label, c, numel (bad_idx), mat2str (bad_idx));
    end_try_catch
    error (errmsg);
  endif

endfunction


%!test
%! mustBeLessThan (0, 1);
%! mustBeLessThan (-Inf, 42);
%! mustBeLessThan (42, Inf);
%! mustBeLessThan (1:41, 42);

%!error <Invalid call> mustBeLessThan ()
%!error <Invalid call> mustBeLessThan (1)
%!error <called with too many inputs> mustBeLessThan (1, 2, 3)
%!error <must be less than 0> mustBeLessThan (1, 0)
%!error <must be less than 1> mustBeLessThan (1, 1)
%!error <must be less than Inf> mustBeLessThan (Inf, Inf)
%!error <must be less than 42> mustBeLessThan (1:42, 42)
