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## Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 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, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
## 02111-1307, USA.
## 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
## Author: Tony Richardson <arichard@stark.cc.oh.us>
## Created: June 1994
## Adapted-By: jwe
function y = conv (a, b)
if (nargin != 2)
usage ("conv(a, b)");
endif
if (! (is_vector (a) && is_vector (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