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- # Copyright (C) 1995 John W. Eaton
- #
- # This file is part of Octave.
- #
- # Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
- # Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
- # later version.
- #
- # Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
- # ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
- # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
- # for more details.
- #
- # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- # along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free
- # Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-
- function y = conv (a, b)
-
- # usage: conv (a, b)
- #
- # Convolve two vectors.
- #
- # y = conv (a, b) returns a vector of length equal to length (a) +
- # length (b) -1.
- #
- # If a and b are polynomial coefficient vectors, conv returns the
- # coefficients of the product polynomial.
- #
- # SEE ALSO: deconv, poly, roots, residue, polyval, polyderiv, polyinteg
-
- # Written by Tony Richardson (amr@mpl.ucsd.edu) June 1994.
-
- if (nargin != 2)
- usage ("conv(a, b)");
- endif
-
- if (is_matrix (a) || is_matrix (b))
- error("conv: both arguments must be vectors");
- endif
-
- la = length (a);
- lb = length (b);
-
- ly = la + lb - 1;
-
- # Ensure that both vectors are row vectors.
- if (rows (a) > 1)
- a = reshape (a, 1, la);
- endif
- if (rows (b) > 1)
- b = reshape (b, 1, lb);
- endif
-
- # Use the shortest vector as the coefficent vector to filter.
- if (la < lb)
- if (ly > lb)
- x = [b, zeros (1, ly - lb)];
- else
- x = b;
- endif
- y = filter (a, 1, x);
- else
- if(ly > la)
- x = [a, zeros (1, ly - la)];
- else
- x = a;
- endif
- y = filter (b, 1, x);
- endif
-
- endfunction
-