## Copyright (C) 1995-2011 John W. Eaton
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {} polyderiv (@var{p})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@var{k}] =} polyderiv (@var{a}, @var{b})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@var{q}, @var{d}] =} polyderiv (@var{b}, @var{a})
## An alias for @code{polyderiv}.
## @seealso{polyderiv}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: John W. Eaton

function [q, d] = polyder (p, a)

  if (nargin == 1)
    q = polyderiv (p);
  elseif (nargin == 2)
    if (nargout == 2)
      [q, d] = polyderiv (p, a);
    else
      q = polyderiv (p, a);
    endif
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

endfunction