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## usage: polyreduce(c)
##
## Reduces a polynomial coefficient vector to a minimum number of terms,
## i.e. it strips off any leading zeros.
##
## SEE ALSO: poly, roots, conv, deconv, residue, filter, polyval, polyvalm,
##           polyderiv, polyinteg

## Author: Tony Richardson <amr@mpl.ucsd.edu>
## Created: June 1994
## Adapted-By: jwe

function p = polyreduce (p)

  index = find (p == 0);

  if (length (index) != 0)

    index = find (index == 1:length (index));

    if (length (index) != 0)

      if (length (p) > 1)
	p = p (index (length (index))+1:length (p));
      endif

      if (length (p) == 0)
	p = 0;
      endif

    endif

  endif

endfunction