## Copyright (C) 1995, 1996  Kurt Hornik
## 
## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
## any later version.
## 
## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
## General Public License for more details. 
## 
## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
## along with this file.  If not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
## 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

## usage: y = pow2 (f [, e])
##
## y = pow2 (x) returns 2 .^ x.
## y = pow2 (f, e) returns f .* (2 .^ e).

## Author: AW <Andreas.Weingessel@ci.tuwien.ac.at>
## Created: 17 October 1994
## Adapted-By: jwe

function y = pow2 (f, e)
  
  if (nargin == 1)
    y = 2 .^ f;
  elseif (nargin == 2)
    y = f .* (2 .^ e);
  else
    usage ("y = pow2 (f [, e])");
  endif

endfunction