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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{num}, @var{den}, @var{tsam}, @var{inname}, @var{outname}] =} sys2tf (@var{sys})
## Extract transfer function data from a system data structure.
##
## See @command{tf} for parameter descriptions.
##
## @strong{Example}
## @example
## octave:1> sys=ss([1 -2; -1.1,-2.1],[0;1],[1 1]);
## octave:2> [num,den] = sys2tf(sys)
## num = 1.0000  -3.0000
## den = 1.0000   1.1000  -4.3000
## @end example
## @end deftypefn

## Author: R. Bruce Tenison <btenison@eng.auburn.edu>
## Created: June 24, 1994
## modified to make sys2tf by A. S. Hodel Aug 1995
## modified again for updated system format by John Ingram July 1996

function [num, den, tsam, inname, outname] = sys2tf (Asys)

  if(nargin != 1)
    usage("[num,den,tsam,inname,outname] = sys2tf(Asys)");
  endif

  if( !isstruct(Asys))
    error("Asys must be a system data structure (see ss, tf, zp)");
  elseif (! is_siso(Asys) )
    [n, nz, m, p] = sysdimensions(Asys);
    error(["system is not SISO (",num2str(m)," inputs, ...
        ", num2str(p)," outputs"]);
  endif

  Asys = sysupdate(Asys,"tf");          # just in case

  num = Asys.num;
  den = Asys.den;

  tsam = sysgettsam(Asys);
  inname = sysgetsignals(Asys,"in");
  outname = sysgetsignals(Asys,"out");

endfunction