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# Praat Script
# Calculate continuum steps - procedure
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# Matthew Winn
# August 2014
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clearinfo

# you can fill in your own information here
# the 'prefix$' variable must begin with a lower-case character,
# because it will be used to name a variable. 
steps = 8
low = 4
high = 64
prefix$ = "my_step_"

call makeContinuum steps low high "'prefix$'" 1

# yields variables
# my_step_1, my_step_2,... my_step_8

# the last argument: 1 or 0; either print continuum values or print nothing
procedure makeContinuum .steps .low .high .prefix$ printvalues
   for .thisStep from 1 to .steps
	temp = (('.thisStep'-1)*('.high'-'.low')/('.steps'-1))+'.low'

	'.prefix$''.thisStep' = temp
	check = '.prefix$''.thisStep'
	
	if printvalues = 1
	   print '.prefix$''.thisStep''tab$''check:2' 'newline$'
	endif
   endfor
endproc