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+/**
+ * @file gensvm_cmdarg.c
+ * @author Gertjan van den Burg
+ * @date May, 2016
+ * @brief Functions for dealing with command line arguments
+ *
+ * @details
+ * This file contains several utility functions for coordinating input and
+ * output of data and model files.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "gensvm_cmdarg.h"
+
+/**
+ * @brief Check if any command line arguments contain string
+ *
+ * @details
+ * Check if any of a given array of command line arguments contains a given
+ * string. If the string is found, the index of the string in argv is
+ * returned. If the string is not found, 0 is returned.
+ *
+ * This function is copied from MSVMpack/libMSVM.c.
+ *
+ * @param[in] 	argc 	number of command line arguments
+ * @param[in] 	argv 	command line arguments
+ * @param[in] 	str 	string to find in the arguments
+ * @returns 		index of the string in the arguments if found, 0
+ * 			otherwise
+ */
+int gensvm_check_argv(int argc, char **argv, char *str)
+{
+	int i;
+	int arg_str = 0;
+	for (i=1; i<argc; i++)
+		if (strstr(argv[i], str) != NULL) {
+			arg_str = i;
+			break;
+		}
+
+	return arg_str;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Check if a command line argument equals a string
+ *
+ * @details
+ * Check if any of the command line arguments is exactly equal to a given
+ * string. If so, return the index of the corresponding command line argument.
+ * If not, return 0.
+ *
+ * This function is copied from MSVMpack/libMSVM.c
+ *
+ * @param[in] 	argc 	number of command line arguments
+ * @param[in] 	argv 	command line arguments
+ * @param[in] 	str 	string to find in the arguments
+ * @returns 		index of the command line argument that corresponds to
+ * 			the string, 0 if none matches.
+ */
+int gensvm_check_argv_eq(int argc, char **argv, char *str)
+{
+	int i;
+	int arg_str = 0;
+	for (i=1; i<argc; i++)
+		if (strcmp(argv[i], str) == 0) {
+			arg_str = i;
+			break;
+		}
+
+	return arg_str;
+}