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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {@var{pp} =} mkpp (@var{breaks}, @var{coefs})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{pp} =} mkpp (@var{breaks}, @var{coefs}, @var{d})
##
## Construct a piece-wise polynomial (pp) structure from sample points
## @var{breaks} and coefficients @var{coefs}.  @var{breaks} must be a vector of
## strictly increasing values. The number of intervals is given by
## @code{@var{ni} = length (@var{breaks}) - 1}.
## When @var{m} is the polynomial order @var{coefs} must be of
## size: @var{ni} x @var{m} + 1.
##
## The i-th row of @var{coefs},
## @code{@var{coefs} (@var{i},:)}, contains the coefficients for the polynomial
## over the @var{i}-th interval, ordered from highest (@var{m}) to
## lowest (@var{0}).
##
## @var{coefs} may also be a multi-dimensional array, specifying a vector-valued
## or array-valued polynomial. In that case the polynomial order is defined
## by the length of the last dimension of @var{coefs}.
## The size of first dimension(s) are given by the scalar or
## vector @var{d}. If @var{d} is not given it is set to @code{1}.
## In any case @var{coefs} is reshaped to a 2d matrix of
## size @code{[@var{ni}*prod(@var{d} @var{m})] }
##
## @seealso{unmkpp, ppval, spline}
## @end deftypefn

function pp = mkpp (x, P, d)

  # check number of arguments
  if (nargin < 2 || nargin > 3)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  # check x
  if (length (x) < 2)
    error ("mkpp: at least one interval is needed");
  endif

  if (!isvector (x))
    error ("mkpp: x must be a vector");
  endif

  len = length (x) - 1;
  dP = length (size (P));

  pp = struct ("form", "pp",
               "breaks", x(:).',
               "coefs", [],
               "pieces", len,
               "order", prod (size (P)) / len,
               "dim", 1);

  if (nargin == 3)
    pp.dim = d;
    pp.order /= prod (d);
  endif

  dim_vec = [pp.pieces * prod(pp.dim), pp.order];
  pp.coefs = reshape (P, dim_vec);

endfunction

%!demo # linear interpolation
%! x=linspace(0,pi,5)';
%! t=[sin(x),cos(x)];
%! m=diff(t)./(x(2)-x(1));
%! b=t(1:4,:);
%! pp = mkpp(x, [m(:),b(:)]);
%! xi=linspace(0,pi,50);
%! plot(x,t,"x",xi,ppval(pp,xi));
%! legend("control","interp");

%!shared b,c,pp
%! b = 1:3; c = 1:24; pp=mkpp(b,c);
%!assert (pp.pieces,2);
%!assert (pp.order,12);
%!assert (pp.dim,1);
%!assert (size(pp.coefs),[2,12]);
%! pp=mkpp(b,c,2);
%!assert (pp.pieces,2);
%!assert (pp.order,6);
%!assert (pp.dim,2);
%!assert (size(pp.coefs),[4,6]);
%! pp=mkpp(b,c,3);
%!assert (pp.pieces,2);
%!assert (pp.order,4);
%!assert (pp.dim,3);
%!assert (size(pp.coefs),[6,4]);
%! pp=mkpp(b,c,[2,3]);
%!assert (pp.pieces,2);
%!assert (pp.order,2);
%!assert (pp.dim,[2,3]);
%!assert (size(pp.coefs),[12,2]);