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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{ppd} =} ppder (@var{pp})
## Computes the piecewise derivative of a piecewise polynomial struct @var{pp}.
## @seealso{mkpp,ppval}
## @end deftypefn

function ppd = ppder (pp)
  if (nargin != 1)
    print_usage ();
  endif
  if (! isstruct (pp))
    error ("ppder: PP must be a structure");
  endif

  [x, p, n, k, d] = unmkpp (pp);
  p = reshape (p, [], k);
  if (k <= 1)
    pd = zeros (rows (p), 1);
    k = 1;
  else
    k -= 1;
    pd = p(:,1:k) * diag (k:-1:1);
  endif
  ppd = mkpp (x, pd, d);
endfunction