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+#' @title Convert Matlab function to R
+#' @description Performs basic syntax conversion
+#' @param filename name of the file
+#' @param saveOutput if `TRUE`, `filename` is overwritten. Defaults to `FALSE`
+#' @return text converted to R
+#' @author Waldir Leoncio
+#' @export
+matlab2r <- function(filename, saveOutput = FALSE) {
+	# Verification
+	if (!file.exists(filename)) stop("File not found")
+	# Reading file into R
+	txt <- readLines(filename)
+	# Replacing text
+	txt <- gsub(";", "", txt)
+	txt <- gsub("for (.+)=(.+)", "for (\\1 in \\2) {", txt)
+	txt <- gsub("end", "}", txt)
+	# Returning converted code
+	if (!saveOutput) {
+		return(cat(txt, sep="\n"))
+	} else {
+		return(
+			write.table(
+				x         = txt,
+				file      = filename,
+				quote     = FALSE,
+				row.names = FALSE,
+				col.names = FALSE
+			)
+		)
+	}
+}
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