## Copyright (C) 2010   Lukas F. Reichlin
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} qi
## Create x-component of a quaternion's vector part.
##
## @example
## q = w + x*qi + y*qj + z*qk
## @end example
##
## @strong{Example}
## @example
## @group
## octave:1> q1 = quaternion (1, 2, 3, 4)
## q1 = 1 + 2i + 3j + 4k
## octave:2> q2 = 1 + 2*qi + 3*qj + 4*qk
## q2 = 1 + 2i + 3j + 4k
## octave:3> 
## @end group
## @end example
##
## @end deftypefn

## Author: Lukas Reichlin <lukas.reichlin@gmail.com>
## Created: May 2010
## Version: 0.1

function q = qi

  if (nargin != 0)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  q = quaternion (0, 1, 0, 0);

endfunction