From 6143e40986d71c945a8d6865776ddc1141c7e750 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: smathot <s.mathot@cogsci.nl>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 17:08:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Check for duplicate triggers within trials

---
 eeg_eyetracking_parser/_triggers.py | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/eeg_eyetracking_parser/_triggers.py b/eeg_eyetracking_parser/_triggers.py
index e45209a..d9d565e 100644
--- a/eeg_eyetracking_parser/_triggers.py
+++ b/eeg_eyetracking_parser/_triggers.py
@@ -68,4 +68,15 @@ def _validate_events(events):
     codes = events[:, 2]
     if np.any((codes < 1) | (codes > 255)):
         raise ValueError('trigger codes should be values between 1 and 255')
+    # Check for duplicate triggers within trials
+    trialid = -1
+    triggers = []
+    for code in codes:
+        if code >= 128:
+            trialid += 1
+            triggers = []
+        if code in triggers:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f'duplicate trigger {code} in trial {trialid}, label {hex(255 - 128 - trialid % 128)}')
+        triggers.append(code)
     return events