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##               John W. Eaton
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} issymmetric (@var{x}, @var{tol})
## If @var{x} is symmetric within the tolerance specified by @var{tol},
## then return the dimension of @var{x}.  Otherwise, return 0.  If
## @var{tol} is omitted, use a tolerance equal to the machine precision.
## Matrix @var{x} is considered symmetric if
## @code{norm (@var{x} - @var{x}.', inf) / norm (@var{x}, inf) < @var{tol}}.
## @seealso{size, rows, columns, length, ismatrix, isscalar,
## issquare, isvector}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: A. S. Hodel <scotte@eng.auburn.edu>
## Created: August 1993
## Adapted-By: jwe

function retval = issymmetric (x, tol)

  if (nargin == 1 || nargin == 2)
    retval = issquare (x);
    if (retval != 0)
      if (nargin == 1)
	if (isa (x, "single"))
	  tol = eps("single");
	else
	  tol = eps; 
	endif
      endif
      norm_x = norm (x, inf);
      if (norm_x != 0 && norm (x - x', inf) / norm_x > tol)
        retval = 0;
      endif
    endif
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

endfunction

%!assert(issymmetric (1));
%!assert(!(issymmetric ([1, 2])));
%!assert(!(issymmetric ([])));
%!assert(issymmetric ([1, 2; 2, 1]) == 2);
%!assert(!(issymmetric ("test")));
%!assert(issymmetric ([1, 2.1; 2, 1.1], 0.2) == 2);
%!assert(issymmetric ([1, 2i; -2i, 1]));
%!assert(!(issymmetric ("t")));
%!assert(!(issymmetric (["te"; "et"])));
%!error issymmetric ([1, 2; 2, 1], 0, 0);
%!error issymmetric ();

%!test
%! s.a = 1;
%! assert(!(issymmetric (s)));