SGlibmovepathtotop
by Tim C. Lueth, SG-Lib Toolbox: SolidGeometry 5.6 - CODING/DEVELOP
Introduced first in SolidGeometry 4.7, Creation date: 2019-06-15, Last change: 2025-08-18
moves the SG-Lib directory up in the search path
Description
Matlab adds functions from time to time that have a name that has already been used in the SG-Lib. This leads to conflicts when using the SG-Lib. Tim Lueth fixes these bugs with time but to secure the functionality of the SG-Lib the path of the SG-Lib is set to the top.
Example Illustration
Syntax
SGlibmovepathtotop
Examples
Just cann after starting matlab
SGlibmovepathtotop
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Algorithm (Workflow)
This function, SGlibmovepathtotop, is designed to adjust the MATLAB search path to prioritize the SG-Lib directory. This is necessary to avoid conflicts with MATLAB's built-in functions that may have the same names as those in the SG-Lib.
Input Parameters
The function does not take any input parameters. It operates on the current MATLAB environment's search path.
Algorithm Steps
- The function begins by using the
which command to locate the path of a function named rounddiv. This is stored in the variable sp.
- It then checks if the path stored in
sp contains the string 'SolidGeometry' using the contains function.
- If
'SolidGeometry' is not found in the path, the function proceeds to locate the path of another function named VLFLlicense using which again, updating sp.
- The directory path of
VLFLlicense is extracted using fileparts and stored in lp.
- The function then adds this directory path to the top of the MATLAB search path using
addpath.
- It saves the updated search path with
savepath to ensure the changes persist in future MATLAB sessions.
- A warning message is displayed to the user, advising them to save the path to maintain the SG-Lib's priority in the search path.
Output
The function does not return any output. It modifies the MATLAB search path and provides a warning message to the user.
Algorithm explaination created using ChatGPT on 2025-08-18 23:22. (Please note: No guarantee for the correctness of this explanation)
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