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1 # Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton |
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2 # |
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3 # This file is part of Octave. |
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4 # |
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5 # Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it |
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6 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the |
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7 # Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any |
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8 # later version. |
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9 # |
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10 # Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT |
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11 # ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or |
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12 # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License |
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13 # for more details. |
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14 # |
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15 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License |
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16 # along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free |
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17 # Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. |
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19 function y = trace (x) |
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20 |
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21 # usage: trace (x) |
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22 # |
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23 # Returns the trace (the sum of the diagonal elements) of x. |
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24 |
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25 if (nargin != 1) |
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26 usage ("trace (x)"); |
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27 endif |
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28 |
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29 [nr, nc] = size (x); |
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30 if (nr == 1 || nc == 1) |
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31 y = x(1); |
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32 else |
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33 y = sum (diag (x)); |
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34 endif |
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36 endfunction |