helper functions for plotly offline

BRONSOLO · BRONSOLO · commit 29263e6b5117 · 2015-07-08T23:43:10.000-04:00
diff --git a/plotly/plotly_aux/escapechars.m b/plotly/plotly_aux/escapechars.m
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+function clean = escapechars(dirty)
+    % escape \ and % chars for sprintf
+    clean = strrep(dirty,'\', '\\');
+    clean = strrep(clean,'%', '%%');
+end
diff --git a/plotly/plotly_aux/validatedir.m b/plotly/plotly_aux/validatedir.m
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+function validatedir(status, mess, messid, filename)
+    % check success of directory creation
+    if (status == 0)
+        if(~strcmp(messid, 'MATLAB:MKDIR:DirectoryExists'))
+            error(['Error saving %s folder: ' mess ', ' messid ...
+                   '. Please contact support@plot.ly for assistance.'], ... 
+                   filename);           
+        end
+    end
+end
