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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{mag}, @var{phase}, @var{w}] =} nichols (@var{sys}, @var{w}, @var{outputs}, @var{inputs})
## Produce Nichols plot of a system.
##
## inputs:
##   sys: system data structure (must be either purely continuous or discrete;
##       see is_digital)
##   w: frequency values for evaluation.
##      if sys is continuous, then nichols evaluates G(jw)
##      if sys is discrete, then nichols evaluates G(exp(jwT)), where T=sys.tsam
##         (the system sampling time)
##      default: the default frequency range is selected as follows: (These
##        steps are NOT performed if w is specified)
##          (1) via routine __bodquist__, isolate all poles and zeros away from
##              w=0 (jw=0 or exp(jwT)=1) and select the frequency
##             range based on the breakpoint locations of the frequencies.
##          (2) if sys is discrete time, the frequency range is limited
##              to jwT in [0,2p*pi]
##          (3) A "smoothing" routine is used to ensure that the plot phase does
##              not change excessively from point to point and that singular
##              points (e.g., crossovers from +/- 180) are accurately shown.
##   outputs, inputs: the names or indices of the output(s) and input(s) 
##     to be used in the frequency response; see sysprune.
## outputs:
##    mag, phase: the magnitude and phase of the frequency response
##       G(jw) or G(exp(jwT)) at the selected frequency values.
##    w: the vector of frequency values used
## If no output arguments are given, nichols plots the results to the screen.
## Descriptive labels are automatically placed.  See xlabel, ylable, title,
## and replot.
##
## Note: if the requested plot is for an MIMO system, mag is set to
## ||G(jw)|| or ||G(exp(jwT))|| and phase information is not computed.
## @end deftypefn

function [mag, phase, w] = nichols (sys, w, outputs, inputs)

  ## check number of input arguments given
  if (nargin < 1 | nargin > 4)
    usage("[mag,phase,w] = nichols(sys[,w,outputs,inputs])");
  endif
  if(nargin < 2)
    w = [];
  endif
  if(nargin < 3)
    outputs = [];
  endif
  if(nargin < 4)
    inputs = [];
  endif

  [f, w, sys] = __bodquist__ (sys, w, outputs, inputs, "nichols");

  [stname,inname,outname] = sysgetsignals(sys);
  systsam = sysgettsam(sys);

  ## Get the magnitude and phase of f.
  mag = abs(f);
  phase = arg(f)*180.0/pi;

  if (nargout < 1),
    ## Plot the information
    if(gnuplot_has_multiplot)
      oneplot();
    endif
    gset autoscale;
    if(gnuplot_has_multiplot)
      gset nokey;
    endif
    clearplot();
    grid("on");
    gset data style lines;
    if(is_digital(sys))
      tistr = "(exp(jwT)) ";
    else
      tistr = "(jw)";
    endif
    xlabel("Phase (deg)");
    if(is_siso(sys))
      title(["Nichols plot of |[Y/U]",tistr,"|, u=", ...
        sysgetsignals(sys,"in",1,1), ", y=",sysgetsignals(sys,"out",1,1)]);
    else
      title([ "||Y(", tistr, ")/U(", tistr, ")||"]);
      printf("MIMO plot from\n%s\nto\n%s\n",__outlist__(inname,"    "), ...
        __outlist__(outname,"       "));
    endif
    if(max(mag) > 0)
      ylabel("Gain in dB");
      md = 20*log10(mag);
    else
      ylabel("Gain |Y/U|")
      md = mag;
    endif

    axvec = axis2dlim([vec(phase),vec(md)]);
    axis(axvec);
    plot(phase,md);
    mag = phase = w = [];
  endif
endfunction