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+## Copyright (C) 2008-2013 Bill Denney
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
+## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+## your option) any later version.
+##
+## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+## General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
+## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn  {Function File} {@var{msgstr} =} nargchk (@var{minargs}, @var{maxargs}, @var{nargs})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{msgstr} =} nargchk (@var{minargs}, @var{maxargs}, @var{nargs}, "string")
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{msgstruct} =} nargchk (@var{minargs}, @var{maxargs}, @var{nargs}, "struct")
+##
+## @code{nargchk} is deprecated and will be removed in Octave version 4.6.
+## Use @code{narginchk} for the equivalent functionality.
+##
+## Return an appropriate error message string (or structure) if the
+## number of inputs requested is invalid.
+##
+## This is useful for checking to see that the number of input arguments
+## supplied to a function is within an acceptable range.
+## @seealso{nargoutchk, narginchk, error, nargin, nargout}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: Bill Denney <bill@denney.ws>
+
+function msg = nargchk (minargs, maxargs, nargs, outtype = "string")
+
+  persistent warned = false;
+  if (! warned)
+    warned = true;
+    warning ("Octave:deprecated-function",
+             "nargchk is obsolete and will be removed from a future version of Octave, please use narginchk instead");
+  endif
+
+
+  if (nargin < 3 || nargin > 4)
+    print_usage ();
+  elseif (minargs > maxargs)
+    error ("nargchk: MINARGS must be <= MAXARGS");
+  elseif (! any (strcmpi (outtype, {"string", "struct"})))
+    error ('nargchk: output type must be either "string" or "struct"');
+  elseif (! (isscalar (minargs) && isscalar (maxargs) && isscalar (nargs)))
+    error ("nargchk: MINARGS, MAXARGS, and NARGS must be scalars");
+  endif
+
+  msg = struct ("message", "", "identifier", "");
+  if (nargs < minargs)
+    msg.message = "not enough input arguments";
+    msg.identifier = "Octave:nargchk:not-enough-inputs";
+  elseif (nargs > maxargs)
+    msg.message = "too many input arguments";
+    msg.identifier = "Octave:nargchk:too-many-inputs";
+  endif
+
+  if (strcmpi (outtype, "string"))
+    msg = msg.message;
+  elseif (isempty (msg.message))
+    ## Compatability: Matlab returns a 0x1 empty struct when nargchk passes
+    msg = resize (msg, 0, 1);
+  endif
+
+endfunction
+
+
+## Tests
+%!shared stnul, stmin, stmax
+%! stnul = resize (struct ("message", "", "identifier", ""), 0, 1);
+%! stmin = struct ("message", "not enough input arguments",
+%!                 "identifier", "Octave:nargchk:not-enough-inputs");
+%! stmax = struct ("message", "too many input arguments",
+%!                 "identifier", "Octave:nargchk:too-many-inputs");
+%!assert (nargchk (0, 1, 0), "")
+%!assert (nargchk (0, 1, 1), "")
+%!assert (nargchk (1, 1, 0), "not enough input arguments")
+%!assert (nargchk (0, 1, 2), "too many input arguments")
+%!assert (nargchk (0, 1, 2, "string"), "too many input arguments")
+## Struct outputs
+%!assert (nargchk (0, 1, 0, "struct"), stnul)
+%!assert (nargchk (0, 1, 1, "struct"), stnul)
+%!assert (nargchk (1, 1, 0, "struct"), stmin)
+%!assert (nargchk (0, 1, 2, "struct"), stmax)
+