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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {} logspace (@var{a}, @var{b})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} logspace (@var{b}, @var{b}, @var{n})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} logspace (@var{a}, pi, @var{n})
## Return a row vector with @var{n} elements logarithmically spaced from
## @tex
## $10^{a}$ to $10^{b}$.
## @end tex
## @ifnottex
## 10^@var{a} to 10^@var{b}.
## @end ifnottex
## If @var{n} is unspecified it defaults to 50.
##
## If @var{b} is equal to
## @tex
## $\pi$,
## @end tex
## @ifnottex
## pi,
## @end ifnottex
## the points are between
## @tex
## $10^{a}$ and $\pi$,
## @end tex
## @ifnottex
## 10^@var{a} and pi,
## @end ifnottex
## @emph{not}
## @tex
## $10^{a}$ and $10^{\pi}$,
## @end tex
## @ifnottex
## 10^@var{a} and 10^pi,
## @end ifnottex
## in order to be compatible with the corresponding @sc{matlab} function.
##
## Also for compatibility with @sc{matlab}, return the second argument @var{b}
## if fewer than two values are requested.
## @seealso{linspace}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function retval = logspace (base, limit, n = 50)

  if (nargin != 2 && nargin != 3)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (! (isscalar (base) && isscalar (limit) && isscalar (n)))
    error ("logspace: arguments BASE, LIMIT, and N must be scalars");
  endif

  npoints = fix (n);

  if (limit == pi)
    limit = log10 (pi);
  endif

  retval = 10 .^ (linspace (base, limit, npoints));

endfunction


%!test
%! x1 = logspace (1, 2);
%! x2 = logspace (1, 2, 10.1);
%! x3 = logspace (1, -2, 10);
%! x4 = logspace (1, pi, 10);
%! assert (size (x1) == [1, 50] && x1(1) == 10 && x1(50) == 100);
%! assert (size (x2) == [1, 10] && x2(1) == 10 && x2(10) == 100);
%! assert (size (x3) == [1, 10] && x3(1) == 10 && x3(10) == 0.01);
%! assert (size (x4) == [1, 10] && x4(1) == 10 && abs (x4(10) - pi) < sqrt (eps));

%% Test input validation
%!error logspace ();
%!error logspace (1, 2, 3, 4);
%!error logspace ([1, 2; 3, 4], 5, 6);
%!error logspace (1, [1, 2; 3, 4], 6);
%!error logspace (1, 2, [1, 2; 3, 4]);