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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} freqchkw (@var{w})
## Used by @command{__freqresp__} to check that input frequency vector @var{w}
## is valid.
## Returns boolean value.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: A. S. Hodel <a.s.hodel@eng.auburn.edu>
## Created: July 1996

function USEW = freqchkw (w)

  if (isempty (w))
    USEW = 0;
  elseif (! isvector (w))
    error ("w (%dx%d): must be [], a vector or a scalar",
	   rows (w), columns (w));
  elseif (max (abs (imag(w))) != 0 && min (real (w)) <= 0)
    error ("w must have real positive entries");
  else
    w = sort (w);
    USEW = 1;   ## vector provided (check values later)
  endif

endfunction