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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File } { @var{retval} =} is_sample (@var{Ts}) 
##  return true if @var{Ts} is a legal sampling time
##  (real,scalar, > 0)
## @end deftypefn
 
function out = is_sample(Ts)
## A. S. Hodel July 1995

out = (is_scalar(Ts) && (Ts == abs(Ts)) && (Ts != 0) );

endfunction