# Copyright (C) 1996 Auburn University.  All Rights Reserved
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function out = is_sample(Ts)
#
# out = is_sample(Ts): return true if Ts is a legal sampling time
# (real,scalar, > 0)

# A. S. Hodel July 1995

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

endfunction