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##               2007, 2009 Kurt Hornik
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {} cross (@var{x}, @var{y})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} cross (@var{x}, @var{y}, @var{dim})
## Compute the vector cross product of two 3-dimensional vectors
## @var{x} and @var{y}.
##
## @example
## @group
## cross ([1,1,0], [0,1,1])
##      @result{} [ 1; -1; 1 ]
## @end group
## @end example
##
## If @var{x} and @var{y} are matrices, the cross product is applied 
## along the first dimension with 3 elements.  The optional argument 
## @var{dim} forces the cross product to be calculated along
## the specified dimension.
## @seealso{dot}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: Kurt Hornik <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
## Created: 15 October 1994
## Adapted-By: jwe

function z = cross (x, y, dim)
        
  if (nargin != 2 && nargin != 3)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (ndims (x) < 3 && ndims (y) < 3 && nargin < 3)
    ## COMPATIBILITY -- opposite behaviour for cross(row,col)
    ## Swap x and y in the assignments below to get the matlab behaviour.
    ## Better yet, fix the calling code so that it uses conformant vectors.
    if (columns (x) == 1 && rows (y) == 1)
      warning ("cross: taking cross product of column by row");
      y = y.';
    elseif (rows (x) == 1 && columns (y) == 1)
      warning ("cross: taking cross product of row by column");
      x = x.';
    endif
  endif

  if (nargin == 2)
     dim = find (size (x) == 3, 1);
     if (isempty (dim)) 
       error ("cross: must have at least one dimension with 3 elements");
     endif
   else
     if (size (x, dim) != 3)
       error ("cross: dimension dim must have 3 elements");
     endif
  endif

  nd = ndims (x);
  sz = size (x);
  idx2 = idx3 = idx1 = {':'}(ones (1, nd));
  idx1(dim) = 1;
  idx2(dim) = 2;
  idx3(dim) = 3;

  if (size_equal (x, y))
    x1 = x(idx1{:});
    x2 = x(idx2{:});
    x3 = x(idx3{:});
    y1 = y(idx1{:});
    y2 = y(idx2{:});
    y3 = y(idx3{:});
    z = cat (dim, (x2.*y3 - x3.*y2), (x3.*y1 - x1.*y3), (x1.*y2 - x2.*y1));
  else
    error ("cross: x and y must have the same dimensions");
  endif

endfunction