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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} tfout (@var{num}, @var{denom}, @var{x})
## Print formatted transfer function @math{n(s)/d(s)} to the screen.
## @var{x} defaults to the string @code{"s"}
## @end deftypefn
##
## @seealso{polyval, polyvalm, poly, roots, conv, deconv, residue,
## filter, polyderiv, polyinteg, and polyout}

## Author: A. S. Hodel <a.s.hodel@eng.auburn.edu>
## Created: June 1995

function tfout (num, denom, x)

  save_warn_empty_list_elements = warn_empty_list_elements;
  unwind_protect
    warn_empty_list_elements = 0;

    if (nargin < 2 ) | (nargin > 3) | (nargout != 0 )
      usage("tfout(num,denom[,x])");
    endif

    if ( (!isvector(num)) | (!isvector(denom)) )
      error("tfout: first two argument must be vectors");
    endif

    if (nargin == 2)
      x = "s";
    elseif( ! isstr(x) )
      error("tfout: third argument must be a string");
    endif

    numstring = polyout(num,x);
    denomstring = polyout(denom,x);
    len = max(length(numstring),length(denomstring));
    if(len > 0)
      y = strrep(blanks(len)," ","-");
      disp(numstring)
      disp(y)
      disp(denomstring)
    else
      error ("tfout: empty transfer function")
    end
  unwind_protect_cleanup
    warn_empty_list_elements = save_warn_empty_list_elements;
  end_unwind_protect

endfunction