# Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton
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function q = polyderiv (p)

# usage: polyderiv (p)
#
# Returns the coefficients of the derivative of the polynomial whose
# coefficients are given by vector p.
#
# SEE ALSO: poly, polyinteg, polyreduce, roots, conv, deconv, residue,
#           filter, polyval, polyvalm

# Written by Tony Richardson (amr@mpl.ucsd.edu) June 1994.

  if (nargin != 1)
    usage ("polyderiv (vector)");
  endif

  if (is_matrix (p))
    error ("argument must be a vector");
  endif

  lp = length (p);
  if (lp == 1)
    q = 0;
    return;
  elseif (lp == 0)
    q = [];
    return;
  end

  q = p (1:(lp-1)) .* [(lp-1):-1:1];

endfunction