# Copyright (C) 1996 A. Scottedward Hodel 
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function USEW = freqchkw(w)
  # function USEW = freqchkw(w)
  # used by freqresp to check that input frequency vector is legal

  # A S Hodel July 1996

  if(isempty(w))
    USEW = 0;
  elseif(!is_vec(w))
    error(["w (",num2str(rows(w)),"x",num2str(columns(w)), ...
      "): must be [], a vector or a scalar"]);
  elseif( (max(abs(imag(w))) != 0) && (min(real(w)) <= 0) )
    error("w must have real positive entries");
  else
    w = sort(w);
    USEW = 1;   # vector provided (check values later)
  endif
endfunction
