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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 p = polyreduce (p)
-
- # usage: polyreduce(c)
- #
- # Reduces a polynomial coefficient vector to a minimum number of terms,
- # i.e. it strips off any leading zeros.
- #
- # SEE ALSO: poly, roots, conv, deconv, residue, filter, polyval, polyvalm,
- # polyderiv, polyinteg
-
- # Written by Tony Richardson (amr@mpl.ucsd.edu) June 1994.
-
- index = find (p == 0);
-
- index = find (index == 1:length(index));
-
- if (length (index) == 0)
- return;
- endif
-
- if(length(p)>1)
- p = p (index (length (index))+1:length(p));
- endif
-
- if (length (p) == 0)
- p = 0;
- endif
-
- endfunction
-