File mttroot/mtt/bin/trans/m/args2arg.m artifact 0679a2d0ae part of check-in a817a166ed

function arg = args2arg(args,n)
% args2arg - pulls the nth argument from a comma-separated list.
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% Matlab function  args2arg.m
% arg = args2arg(args,n) 
% Copyright (c) P.J. Gawthrop, 1996.


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% Field separator
FS = ',';
arg = '';
L = length(args);
args_count = 0;
for i=1:n
  arg_count = 0;
  arg = '';
  if args_count == L
    break;
  end;  
  while args_count < L
    args_count = args_count+1;
    arg_count = arg_count+1;
    ch = args(args_count);
    if ch==FS
      break;
    end;
    arg(arg_count) = ch;
  end;
end;