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- function c = conv(a, b)
- %CONV Convolution and polynomial multiplication.
- % C = CONV(A, B) convolves vectors A and B. The resulting
- % vector is length LENGTH(A)+LENGTH(B)-1.
- % If A and B are vectors of polynomial coefficients, convolving
- % them is equivalent to multiplying the two polynomials.
- %
- % See also XCORR, DECONV, CONV2.
-
- % J.N. Little 4-21-85
- % Revised 9-3-87 JNL
- % Copyright (c) 1984-93 by The MathWorks, Inc.
-
- na = max(size(a));
- nb = max(size(b));
-
- % Convolution, polynomial multiplication, and FIR digital
- % filtering are all the same operations. Since FILTER
- % is a fast built-in primitive, we'll use it for CONV.
-
- % CONV(A,B) is the same as CONV(B,A), but we can make it go
- % substantially faster if we swap arguments to make the first
- % argument to filter the shorter of the two.
- if na > nb
- if nb > 1
- a(na+nb-1) = 0;
- end
- c = filter(b, 1, a);
- else
- if na > 1
- b(na+nb-1) = 0;
- end
- c = filter(a, 1, b);
- end
-