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# Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995 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.
function y = trace (x)
# usage: trace (x)
#
# Returns the trace (the sum of the diagonal elements) of x.
if (nargin != 1)
usage ("trace (x)");
endif
[nr, nc] = size (x);
if (nr == 1 || nc == 1)
y = x(1);
else
y = sum (diag (x));
endif
endfunction