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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{jumps} =} ppjumps (@var{pp})
## Evaluates the boundary jumps of a piecewise polynomial.
## If there are n intervals, and the dimensionality of pp is d,
## the resulting array has dimensions @code{[d, n-1]}.
## @end deftypefn

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

  ## Extract info.
  x = pp.x;
  P = pp.P;
  d = pp.d;
  [nd, n, k] = size (P);

  ## Offsets.
  dx = diff (x(1:n)).';
  dx = dx(ones (1, nd), :); # spread (do nothing in 1D)

  ## Use Horner scheme to get limits from the left.
  llim = P(:,1:n-1,1);
  for i = 2:k;
    llim .*= dx;
    llim += P(:,1:n-1,i);
  endfor

  rlim = P(:,2:n,k); # limits from the right
  jumps = reshape (rlim - llim, [d, n-1]);

endfunction