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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} intersection (@var{x}, @var{y})
## This function has been deprecated.  Use intersect instead.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

## Deprecated in version 3.0

function y = intersection (varargin)

  persistent warned = false;
  if (! warned)
    warned = true;
    warning ("Octave:deprecated-function",
             "intersection is obsolete and will be removed from a future version of Octave; please use intersect instead");
  endif

  y = intersect (varargin{:});

endfunction

%!assert(all (all (intersection ([1, 2, 3], [2, 3, 5]) == [2, 3])));

%!assert(all (all (intersection ([1; 2; 3], [2, 3, 5]) == [2, 3])));

%!assert(isempty (intersection ([1, 2, 3], [4; 5; 6])));

%!error intersection (1);

%!error intersection (1, 2, 5);