## Copyright (C) 2024-2026 Andreas Bertsatos <abertsatos@biol.uoa.gr>
##
## This file is part of the datatypes package for GNU Octave.
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {datatypes} {@var{D} =} seconds (@var{X})
##
## Fixed-time duration in seconds.
##
## @code{@var{D} = seconds (@var{X})} returns a @qcode{duration} array
## representing fixed-time duration seconds equivalent to the values in @var{X},
## which must be a numeric array.
##
## @code{seconds} is also available as a method for @qcode{duration} arrays, in
## which case it performs the opposite conversion.
##
## @seealso{duration, years, days, hours, minutes, milliseconds,
## duration.seconds}
## @end deftypefn
function out = seconds (x)
  if (nargin == 0)
    x = 1;
  elseif (! isnumeric (x))
    error ("seconds: input array must be numeric.");
  elseif (! isreal (x))
    error ("seconds: input array must be real.");
  endif
  out = duration (0, 0, 0, double (x) * 1000, 'Format', 's');
endfunction

%!demo
%! ## `seconds` builds a fixed-length duration from a number of seconds — one of
%! ## the builders (`seconds`, `minutes`, `hours`, `days`, `years`,
%! ## `milliseconds`) you add together to make longer spans.
%!
%! seconds (90)
%!
%! ## A numeric array builds one duration per element.
%! seconds ([30, 60, 90])

%!test
%! X = magic (3);
%! D = seconds (X);
%! assert_equal (size (D), size (X));
%!test
%! D = seconds ([1, 2, 3]);
%! assert_equal (seconds (D), [1, 2, 3]);
%!test
%! D = seconds (int16 (1));
%! assert_equal (seconds (D), 1);
%!test
%! D = seconds ();
%! assert_equal (seconds (D), 1);

%!error<seconds: input array must be numeric.> seconds ("asd");
%!error<seconds: input array must be real.> seconds (1+i);
