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+// f-chol.cc                                           -*- C++ -*-
+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 1993 John W. Eaton
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave 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.
+
+Octave 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 Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#ifdef __GNUG__
+#pragma implementation
+#endif
+
+#include "Matrix.h"
+
+#include "tree-const.h"
+#include "user-prefs.h"
+#include "gripes.h"
+#include "error.h"
+#include "f-chol.h"
+
+#ifdef WITH_DLD
+tree_constant *
+builtin_chol_2 (const tree_constant *args, int nargin, int nargout)
+{
+  return chol (args, nargin, nargout);
+}
+#endif
+
+tree_constant *
+chol (const tree_constant *a, int nargin, int nargout)
+{
+  tree_constant *retval = new tree_constant [2];
+
+  tree_constant tmp = a[1].make_numeric ();;
+    
+  int nr = tmp.rows ();
+  int nc = tmp.columns ();
+
+  if (nr == 0 || nc == 0)
+    {
+      int flag = user_pref.propagate_empty_matrices;
+      if (flag != 0)
+	{
+	  if (flag < 0)
+	    gripe_empty_arg ("chol", 0);
+	  Matrix m;
+	  retval = new tree_constant [3];
+	  retval[0] = tree_constant (m);
+	  retval[1] = tree_constant (m);
+	}
+      else
+	gripe_empty_arg ("chol", 1);
+
+      return retval;
+    }
+
+  switch (tmp.const_type ())
+    {
+    case tree_constant_rep::matrix_constant:
+      {
+	Matrix m = tmp.matrix_value ();
+        int info;
+	CHOL fact (m, info);
+        if (info != 0)
+          error ("chol: matrix not positive definite");
+        else
+  	  retval[0] = tree_constant (fact.chol_matrix ());
+      }
+      break;
+    case tree_constant_rep::complex_matrix_constant:
+      {
+	ComplexMatrix m = tmp.complex_matrix_value ();
+        int info;
+	ComplexCHOL fact (m, info);
+        if (info != 0)
+          error ("chol: matrix not positive definite");
+        else
+	  retval[0] = tree_constant (fact.chol_matrix ());
+      }
+      break;
+    case tree_constant_rep::scalar_constant:
+      {
+	double d = tmp.double_value ();
+	retval[0] = tree_constant (d);
+      }
+      break;
+    case tree_constant_rep::complex_scalar_constant:
+      {
+	Complex c = tmp.complex_value ();
+	retval[0] = tree_constant (c);
+      }
+      break;
+    default:
+      break;
+    }
+  return retval;
+}
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; page-delimiter: "^/\\*" ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/
+